Sun-Ripened Tomatoes
Haiku by Rupa Anand, Sangita Kalarickal, Ann Sullivan, Rebecca Upjohn, and Victoria Hat
garden umbrellas
shading
tomatoes
Rupa Anand
New Delhi, India
9 pm sun
tomato leaf fragrance
on my secateurs
Sangita Kalarickal
Minnesota, USA
dog days...
waiting for the heirlooms
to ripen
Ann Sullivan
Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
garden bounty,
the hummingbird
and me
Rebecca Upjohn
Harrisville, New Hampshire, USA
plump tomatoes call
spilling past the bamboo rods
tasting fresh July
Victoria Hat
Pennsylvania, USA
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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Merch
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