Fruitful
Haiku by Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Eavonka Ettinger, Nancy Brady, JL Huffman, and Rupa Anand
state fair bake-off
the judge making eyes
at a cherry pie
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, OH, USA
childless
not by choice
fruit tree
Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, CA, USA
strawberry shortcake...
she licks whipped cream
from his lips
Nancy Brady
Huron, OH, USA
Website: https://www.nbsmithblog.wordpress.com
white frilled canes
clamber banks
blackberry dreams
JL Huffman
Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, USA
X/Twitter: JoanHuffmanMD
Website: jlhuffman.com
a change in the weather mango droppings
Rupa Anand
New Delhi, India
Facebook: rupa.anand.775
Instagram: rupa.anand
Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. She currently serves as the newsletter editor for the Haiku Society of America, and is the author of the haiku chapbook Postcards from Texas (Cuttlefish Books, 2023).
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