forgetting
Haiku by Christa Pandey, Violet Avery Hall, Vidya Premkumar, Kimberly Kuchar, and Mariel Herbert
she spades her grief
into the soil
a blackbird sings
Christa Pandey
Austin, Texas, USA
iced coffee
in my morning routine
chickadee song
Violet Avery Hall
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
the wagging tail
under the banyan tree
Brindavani Sarang
Vidya Premkumar
Wayanad, Kerala, India
from head to tail
a lizard warms each spine
solstice day
Kimberly Kuchar
Austin, Texas, USA
forgetting
kigo in a pothole
rain jacket
Mariel Herbert
Virginia, USA
Editor Bio: Richa Sharma currently resides in the National Capital Region of India. Since 2019, her work has been published in many online and print journals, contests, and anthologies that focus on Japanese short-form poetry. Her detailed author biography is available on her personal blog:
https://richasharmahaiku.blogspot.com
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