water wonderment

Haiku by Joan C Fingon, Barrie Levine, Deborah Karl-Brandt, and Paula Sears

In Gratitude

Thanks to the following people who have contributed to the tip jar over the past week:

Lillian
Jenny Shepherd

Thanks also to Samantha Pardo Irigoyen for her editorial efforts this week!

thunderstorm
under the pergola
wind chimes sway

Joan C Fingon
Ventura, California, USA

rainy weekend . . .
dad’s mower
silent in the shed

Barrie Levine
Massachusetts, USA

after mosquito the splash

Deborah Karl-Brandt
Sinzig, Germany

long casting . . .
a glint of moonlight
in the tackle box

Paula Sears
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

Editor Bio: Samantha Pardo Irigoyen (she/her) is a multi-genre poet, with an emphasis on haiku. Her work has been published in numerous literary publications, including The Heron’s Nest, Wales Haiku Journal, Blithe Spirit, The Dewdrop, and Cathexis Northwest Press, to name a few. Additionally, in 2025 her work was accepted into The British Haiku Society Members’ Anthology Hope, and the Haiku North America anthology Nowhere Else. She is on the editing team for Poetry Pea Journal, and one of the founders and editors for O2 Haiku Literary Magazine. She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest, a place of poetic beauty itself.

Tip Jar

Haiku Girl Summer will always be a free publication. If you want to make a financial contribution, please visit Allyson Whipple’s Buy Me a Coffee page. Mention Haiku Girl Summer in the comment box and your donation will go into a pool that will be divided among the guest editors at the end of the 2026 editorial run.

Merch

If you want to even more ways to share the summer love, you can check out the Haiku Girl Summer merch shop. We have T-shirts and tank tops along with hats, mugs, buttons, and a spiral notebook. Email me if there are other items you’d like to see!