a salamander skitters
through the leaf litter
windflowers
Paula Sears
Exeter, NH
a lonely basement
welcomes company
tornado season
Betsy Hearne
Urbana, IL, USA
after the deep clean
savor a myriad greens . . .
my neighbors' glances
Monica Kakkar
India and USA
Editor Bio: Carol Dorf’s writing has been published in the chapbooks Theory Headed Dragon (Finishing Line Press), and Given (Origami Poems Project), as well as in journals that include The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Shofar, Responsa, Great Weather for Media, The Mom Egg, Abyss and Apex, Unlikely Stories, About Place, Slipstream, The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Scientific American, and Maintenant. She is a Zoeglossia fellow as well as the founding poetry editor of Talking Writing. She’s taught in a variety of settings including a day school, a large public high school, at Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley City College, and at conferences.
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 2024 editorial run.
Dear Ms. Whipple and Ms. Dorf,
I am delighted to read my haiku in Haiku Girl Summer 2024 Series 2 – The Wind and the Rain as we observe the Lightning Safety Awareness Week.
Thank you for your consideration. Best wishes to you and participating poets!
Sincerely,
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakakkar/