Ties That Bind
Haiku by Svetla Mirova, Wilda Morris, Nancy Orr, and Charlotte Hrenchuk
cutting loose
all strings
warm sea breeze
Svetla Mirova
Carshalton, UK
between your door
and mine
a bed of forget-me-nots
Wilda Morris
Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA
cattails tangled
with dewy webs
early sun
Nancy Orr
Lewiston, Maine, USA
a sapphire
caught in a spider's web
damselfly
Charlotte Hrenchuk
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
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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