Sweet Summer Nights
Haiku by Barrie Levine, Belinda Behne, Jo Balistreri, Ann Sullivan, and Betsy Hearne
backyard treehouse . . .
falling asleep
to the silence of stars
Barrie Levine
Wenham, Massachusetts, USA
skinny-dipping
in the dark
velvet lake
Belinda Behne
Clinton, Connecticut, USA
those long July nights
in grandpa's rhubarb patch
jam jars of fireflies
Jo Balistreri
Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
catfishing ...
the bucket full
of stars
Ann Sullivan
Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
your gaze
by candlelight
heat wave
Betsy Hearne
Urbana, Illinois, USA
Editor Bio: Caroline Wermuth worked for the Penn State University Libraries for thirty-four years, seventeen of which were spent in the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, coordinating book and poetry awards and author events. Her poems have appeared in Northern Appalachia Review, Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, World Haiku Review, Haiku Girl Summer, etc., and in the New Jersey Botanical Gardens (NJBG). In 2025, she served as a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.
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Merch
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