Beachy
Haiku by Kimberly Kuchar, Joana Figueiredo, Ann Sullivan, and Nancy Brady
beach cleanup
a baby doll head
scurries away
Kimberly Kuchar
Austin, TX, USA
impatient whistle
from the safety of dry land
a clear warning
*
my peaceful sleep
caught in the tide
someone else's crying son
Joana Figueiredo
Aveiro, Portugal
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Ann Sullivan
beach party...
bikini-clad teens covered
in baby oil
Nancy Brady
Huron, OH, USA
Website: https://www.nbsmithblog.wordpress.com
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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Thanks for selecting a few of my haiku, Allyson, and pairing them with others wonderful haiku and photos. Appreciate it.
That haiku from Kimberley Kuchar is wonderfully spooky - hermit crabs make their homes in the weirdest things!