In Need of a Sea Breeze
Haiku by Marilyn Ashbaugh, Jo Balistreri, Lisa Billa, and Caroline Wermuth
sea breeze
blueberry mocktail
sipped by the pool
Marilyn Ashbaugh
Edwardsburg, Michigan, USA
the scent
of seaweed and salt
rising conch shells
Jo Balistreri
Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
salt-sprayed breeze
a distant whale
spouting
Lisa Billa
San Jose, California, USA
Bluesky: @lisasbilla.bsky.social
ocean breeze
what were my cares
Caroline Wermuth
Pennsylvania
Editor Bio: Kelly Sargent is an award-winning poet, artist, and editor. Her debut collection of haiku and senryu poems is entitled Bookmarks (Red Moon Press, 2023). She resides in Vermont, where the picturesque beauty and four distinct seasons often serve as her inspiration.
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Thank you for posting my haiku and for the company of Marilyn and Lisa.