Shades of Pale
Haiku by C.X. Turner, Alanna C. Burke, Kelly Westhoff, Lisa Billa, and Julie Ann Espinoza
elderflower cordial
a cloud passing
through the jar
C.X. Turner
United Kingdom
a white blossom
rises from the apache plume
butterfly
Alanna C. Burke
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
her poufy white dress
the bride and the hydrangea
overdoing it
Kelly Westhoff
Minnesota, USA
vanilla soft-serve swirls—
the frosty curls
of breaking waves
Lisa Billa
San Jose, California, USA
yucca moth—
this yearning to go back
in time
Julie Ann Espinoza
Los Angeles, California, USA
Editor Bio: Adele Evershed is a Welsh writer who swapped the Valleys for the American East Coast. A Pushcart Prize–nominated poet and Touchstone Award winner for an individual poem, she co-edits Thin Skin Journal. She is the author of the haiku collection Pressed Between Palms (Nun Prophet Press), with two further collections forthcoming: They F#% You Up Your Mom and Dad (Cuttlefish Books) and Red Threads and Silver Linings (Prolific Pulse Press). Her work has appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Presence, Poetry Wales, and elsewhere.
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