Sunny Citrus
Haiku by C.X. Turner, Arvinder Kaur, Juliet Wilson, Lori Kiefer, and Lisa Billa
fallen cherries before anyone notices
C.X. Turner
United Kingdom
walking past
an aroma of mangoes
this ache for yellow
Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India
swirling petals —
even the cherry trees
are giving up
Juliet Wilson
Edinburgh, Scotland
pick-your-own fruit —
bees from a strawberry patch
tip the scale
Lori Kiefer
London, United Kingdom
the walk home
a half-empty bucket
and berry-stained fingers
Lisa Billa
San Jose, California, USA
Editor Bio: An English language teacher, freelance editor, editing consultant, writing coach, and mandala artist, Vidya is presently promoting her third poetry book, Light and Line Drawings, which she collaborated on with her friend and fellow poet, Sangita Kalarickal. She is Associate Editor of haibun for the haikuKATHA journal and editor for two full-length books and four anthologies. A 'book' in the Human Library, Chennai Chapter, she was featured in a coffee table book, ‘50 Inspiring Women boys and girls should read about, Chennai Edition’ (2021). Vidya finds meaning in life through yoga.
Instagram: @vidya.shankar.author
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