Heatwave
Haiku by Kathryn Haydon, Rupa Anand, Allyson Whipple, Lakshmi Iyer, and Agnes Eva Savich
skinny dipping
cool creek
salvation
Kathryn Haydon
Chicagoland, IL, USA
I return inside
to wear thinner clothes
market trip
Rupa Anand
New Delhi, India
relentless heat
the plunge of ice water
down my throat
Allyson Whipple
St. Louis, MO, USA
unbearable heat
the upturned boat-shaped
slices of cucumber
Lakshmi Iyer
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
hot wind
the caress and kiss
of solar rays
Agnes Eva Savich
Austin, TX, USA
Editor Bio: Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Jennifer’s haiku has recently won the 6th Basho-an International English Haiku Competition and earlier this year was selected for the Golden Triangle Haiku Poetry Competition in DC. Her poetry was also accepted into the Ars Nova Shared Vision project in Colorado and was turned into a choral piece and performed in a series of concerts in the Denver area. Her first book of poetry has just been accepted for publication.
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