Putting up Summer

Haiku by Adele Evershed, Cynthia Anderson, Sangita Kalarickal, Kelly Sargent, and Valentina Ranaldi-Adams

Photo credit: Jennifer Gurney

bruised peach...
the juice on my wrist smelling
of second chances

Adele Evershed
Wilton, Connecticut, USA
Bluesky: @adlibby
Twitter: @AdLibby1

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hot and humid
the steam from
canning peaches

Cynthia Anderson
Yucca Valley, California USA
www.cynthiaandersonpoet.com

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midsummer berries…
we harvest tangy
jam sandwiches

Sangita Kalarickal
Minnesota, USA
https://sangitakalarickal.com/

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daring to believe
in something better
peach blossom buds

Kelly Sargent
Williston, VT, USA

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backyard garden
a child learns the shape
of cucumber leaves

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, Ohio USA

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Editor Bio: Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has four books of published poetry, My Eyes Adjusting (2024), Liquid Sky (2025), Love’s Echolocation (2025) and Light Matters More (2025, forthcoming). In just over two and a half years, more than 1,500 of Jennifer’s poems have been published. She is also delighted to be a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.

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Merch

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