al fresco
Haiku by Sharon Martina, Colleen M. Farrelly, Geethanjali Rajan, Minal Sarosh, and Korie Beth Brown
picnic in the park
affordable
family dining
Sharon Martina
Warrenville, Illinois, USA
cutting the mustard Dad perfects a hot dog
Colleen M. Farrelly
Miami, Florida, USA
ice-cream date –
two brains freeze
on a single scoop
Geethanjali Rajan
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Instagram: @geethanjali_haiku
Facebook: @geethanjali.rajan.5
custard apple
the seeds mother never
threw away
Minal Sarosh
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
iced tea
on the back porch
sweating glasses
Korie Beth Brown
Sierra Madre, USA
Editor Bio: Jessica Allyson (pen name) is based in Ottawa, Canada. Jessica has been actively writing and studying haiku for the past several years and approaches the genre with a beginner’s mind. She is a member of the HSA’s Volery Mentorship Program as well as a member of Haiku Canada and its Trillium and KaDo groups. Jessica’s work has been featured in a range of publications including Haiku Canada and HSA anthologies, frogpond, the Asahi Haikuist Network column, Solitary Daisy and more. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase the work of her fellow haikuists here.
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Merch
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I love Sharon’s “affordable family dining” phrase!