What the Swallows Knew

Haiku by Kimberly Kuchar, Deborah Karl-Brandt, Margaret Anderson, and Kathryn P. Haydon

In Gratitude

Thanks to the following contributors for their tip jar contributions this week:

Steph Zepherelli
Risë Daniels
Nancy Brady
C. Jean Downer

Thanks also to C.X. Turner for her editorial efforts this week.

a race
between raindrops...
family road trip

Kimberly Kuchar
Austin, Texas, USA

the swallows
know it before me …
soaked through

Deborah Karl-Brandt
Sinzig, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

big sky . . .
Venus and Jupiter align
a thumb’s breadth apart

Margaret Anderson
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

watching the vine-ripened strawberry moon rise

Kathryn P. Haydon
Chicagoland, Illinois, USA

Editor Bio: C.X. Turner is a UK poet and writer whose debut collection, evergreen, is available from Alba Publishing. They co-edit the Wales Haiku Journal. Find them on Instagram at @love.rpoetic. 

Purchase evergreen: Etsy Shop 

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

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