Wild Palette

Haiku by Lorraine A Padden, wandas wanderings, Paula Sears, Nancy Orr, and Barrie Levine

koi pond cleaning
a lotus of pink
toenails

Lorraine A Padden
San Diego, California, USA

spied by a drone
cruising the surf break
a great white shark

wandas wandarings
Old Bar, Australia

campfire story . . .
her marshmallow blackens
on the stick

Paula Sears
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

driftwood
worn to silver
beach walk

Nancy Orr
Lewiston, Maine, USA

slowly browning
over the embers
marshmallow moon

Barrie Levine
Wenham, Massachusetts, USA

Editor Bio: Iliyana Stoyanova is a British poet, editor, and translator who holds a PhD in Theology. She is currently president of the British Haiku Society, editor of Blithe Spirit, Living Legacies editor for the Living Haiku Anthology, and a Haikupedia editor. Her former roles include Secretary of the United Haiku and Tanka Society, British Haiku Society communications officer, and BHS Awards Administrator. She has contributed to numerous projects as an editor, selector, and translator. Her haiku and other poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies, and have received several international awards. She also enjoys photography, watercolour painting, travelling, and reading.

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