Weaving Into Nature

Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf, Paula Sears, Mary McCormack, and Joanna Ashwell

In Gratitude

Thanks to this week's tip jar contributors!

Anonymous
Kimberly A. Horning
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Thanks also to Kathryn P. Haydon for her editorial efforts!

meadow hush
I drift with
the dandelions

Hifsa Ashraf
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

woods walk—
the warbler's trill
unraveling my thoughts

Hifsa Ashraf
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

first chapter book
a sprig of wild mint
between the pages

Paula Sears
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

tangling in my curls the scent of the sea

Mary McCormack
La Grange Park, Illinois, USA

night wader
cooling each limb
in the river’s crescent

Joanna Ashwell
United Kingdom

Editor Bio: Kathryn P. Haydon is a Midwestern poet who is grateful that she was led to haiku by favorite longer-form poets such as William Carlos Williams and Jane Hirshfield. She went from publishing fairly short poems in her collection Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan to writing one-breath haiku. Kathryn is the poet-in-residence at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods in Illinois. Her seventh book, A Love Letter to Deep Souls, was released and is available on her Deep Soul Strengths Substack.

https://deepsoulstrengths.substack.com

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