summer heat

Haiku by Cynthia Anderson, Meagan Bussert, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Anne Fox, and Claire Vogel Camargo

In Gratitude

Thanks to this week's Tip Jar contributors:

Mary Oishi
Nalini Shetty
Anonymous
Janet Ruth
Nancy Brady
Claire Vogel Camargo

Thanks also to Richa Sharma for this week's guest editing efforts!

desert skyscraper
the shadow
of a sotol stalk

Cynthia Anderson
Yucca Valley, California, USA

cumulonimbus
playing each side
of the tennis court

Meagan Bussert
Bloomington, Indiana, USA

orange hues
emerge at dawn . . .
construction barrels

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, Ohio, USA

cloudscape
a rotting rowboat
sinks in the marsh

Anne Fox
Broomes Island, Maryland, USA

whiptails dart
across the hot patio
a coral snake

Claire Vogel Camargo
Austin, Texas, 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

Tip Jar

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Merch

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