Songs of Summer
Haiku by Petra Schmidt, Charlotte Hrenchuk, Sally Biggar, Janet Ruth, and Rebeca Thomas
dawn prayer
where the gulls sing
with the waves
Petra Schmidt
Catonsville, Maryland, USA and Koblenz, Germany
morning coffee
buzzzz
of dragonflies
Charlotte Hrenchuk
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
heat haze
the buzzzzzzz
of dog-day cicadas
Sally Biggar
Topsham, Maine, USA
climbing temperatures
cicadas wound up
for screeching
Janet Ruth
Corrales, New Mexico, USA
swaying in a hammock
to the melody of dusk
a cicada symphony
Rebeca Thomas
Youngtown, Arizona, USA
Editor Bio: Caroline Wermuth worked for the Penn State University Libraries for thirty-four years, seventeen of which were spent in the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, coordinating book and poetry awards and author events. Her poems have appeared in Northern Appalachia Review, Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, World Haiku Review, Haiku Girl Summer, etc., and in the New Jersey Botanical Gardens (NJBG). In 2025, she served as a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.
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