Summer Snapshots

Photo credit: Jennifer Gurney

Haiku by Kathleen McAllen, Lori Kiefer, Neha Singh Soni, and Nitu Yumnam

mornings with grandma
toasted triangles slathered
with apricot jam

Kathleen McAllen
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

watermelon seeds
scattered on the sand —
a planetarium

Lori Kiefer
London, United Kingdom

June breeze
a farmer bathes
his old cow

Neha Singh Soni
India

dusty lane
the paperboy rides
in the shade

Nitu Yumnam

Editor Bio: Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests, one was turned into a choral piece and one has ridden on a bus in Racine, Wisconsin. Jennifer has 15 books of poetry and over 3,300 published poems. Jennifer’s favorite poems are the ones written on the back of an envelope at a red light.

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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.

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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!

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Best of the Net Nominees

One of my goals for 2026 was to nominate poems for more awards. While we have sent Touchstone nominations since the beginning, I wanted to get the work in this journal in front of people outside the haiku world. While I have mixed feelings about trying to push haiku into

Last Dance

Haiku by Another Panoply of Poets Allyson's Note: Thank you for another wonderful year of Haiku Girl Summer. As always, I am grateful to the readers, as a haiku is never finished until it is read. I am grateful to the poets who trust us with their work.

Hit Singles

Haiku by a Panoply of Poets & just when i can't think anymore moon jellyfish Kirsten Cliff Elliot Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England burrs in my boots rumination Tracy Royce Los Angeles, California, USA straying from the coastline dog rose Kelly Sargent Williston, Vermont, USA cut grass taste

Sounds of Summer

Haiku by Meredith Ackroyd, Melissa Dennison, Soumya Mukherjee, and Jo Balistreri In Gratitude Thanks to this week's tip jar contributors! Nancy Brady Bipasha Majumder (De) Betsy Hearne Ann Sullivan And thanks to Jennifer Gurney for this week's editorial efforts! heat lightning the buzz of a grass

Haiku by Kathleen McAllen, Lori Kiefer, Neha Singh Soni, and Nitu Yumnam

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