summer fun
Haiku by Barrie Levine, Tuyet Van Do, Patricia Carragon, and Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
climbing the jungle gym
each rung nearer
the sky
Barrie Levine
Wenham, Massachusetts, USA
buckets and shovels
children's chatter
around the sandcastle
Tuyet Van Do
hot sand—
red outlines
of my bikini
Patricia Carragon
Brooklyn, New York, USA
saltwater taffy -
tourists strolling
on the boardwalk
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, Ohio, USA
Editor Bio: Dr. Sangita Kalarickal is a Pushcart Prize and Touchstone award nominated wordsmith. Her work has been widely published in several journals and anthologies. She has authored Mamina (Kavya-Adisakrit, 2023), and co-authored Light & Line Drawings (Kavya-Adisakrit, 2026), which are collections of free verse and haikai poetry. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Drifting Sands Haibun Journal.
Tip Jar
Haiku Girl Summer will always be a free publication. If you want to make a financial contribution, please visit Allyson Whipple’s Buy Me a Coffee page. Mention Haiku Girl Summer in the comment box and your donation will go into a pool that will be divided among the guest editors at the end of the 2026 editorial run.
Merch
If you want to even more ways to share the summer love, you can check out the Haiku Girl Summer merch shop. We have T-shirts and tank tops along with hats, mugs, buttons, and a spiral notebook. Email me if there are other items you’d like to see!
