the waggle dance

Allyson Whipple

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The logo for Haiga Week. The background image features a white flower and a butterfly. The text reads, "Haiga Week. Curated by Melanie Alberts."

Haiga by Christina Chin, Stephanie Zepherelli and Che Beez Knez, Marianne Paul, Louise Hopewell, Kimberly Kuchar

tangled the years together Christina Chin Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
big sister talk tiptoeing around birds and bees Stephanie Zepherelli, poet Hawai’i, USA

big sister talk
tiptoeing around
birds and bees

Haiku: Stephanie Zepherelli
Hawai’i, USA

Photo: Che Beez Knez
Adelaide, South Australia

itsy bitsy bikini the waggle dance of honey bees Marianne Paul

itsy bitsy bikini
the waggle dance
of honey bees

Marianne Paul
Canada

pipi season stories told and retold by the tides Louise Hopewell Australia

a blanket
in the back of his truck
stargazing

Kimberly Kuchar
Austin, Texas, USA

Editor Bio: A member of the Austin Haiku Group and a psychic artist, Melanie Alberts is writing a spiritual memoir combining haibun, tanka prose, and haiga. Her haiga galleries can be found on The Haiku Foundation website. She is a contributing editor of Lone Star Poetry: Championing Texas Verse, Community, and Hunger Relief. Melanie enjoys following fellow haiku writers, artists, psychics, and mediums from around the world on Instagram: @clair.circles.spirit.art 

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