Edges
Haiku by Kelly Sargent, Sandra Simpson, Ella Aboutboul, C. Jean Downer, and Jennifer Gurney
wading through
my insecurities
waist-high weeds
Kelly Sargent
Williston, VT
pushing into deep water i
d sappear
Sandra Simpson
New Zealand
https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/
treatment room
the seagulls shredding
memories
Ella Aboutboul
West Sussex, United Kingdom
fire rainbow
setting boundaries
after all these years
C. Jean Downer
Canada
cjeandowner.com
after the final bell
I step into
freedom
Jennifer Gurney
Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Editor Bio: Katherine E. Winnick is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. She was listed in the top 100 most creative haiku authors in EU 2023 and 2024 and selected amongst best of the Japan's Daily Newspaper The Mainichi 2023 and 2024. Her senryū sollection, My Hennaed Hand, was published by Alien Buddha Press (2023). she served as coeditor and curator of the bestseller To Live Here published by The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press (2023).
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What a wonderful selection of poems!
Amen to “setting boundaries/
after all these years”!🎉🌞🎉🌞