Summer in the Air
Haiku by Sarah Paris, Vandana Parashar, Juliet Wilson, and Cynthia Anderson

windless heat
a red dragonfly
hangs midair
Sarah Paris
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Instagram: @calswisspoet
fighting kites everywhere a tangled sky
Vandana Parashar
Panchkula, India
swifts
scythe the clouds -
sudden downpour
Juliet Wilson
Edinburgh, Scotland
Substack: Crafty Green Poet
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/craftygreenpoet.bsky.social
porch light
a flash mob
of hummingbird moths
Cynthia Anderson
Yucca Valley, California, USA
www.cynthiaandersonpoet.com
Editor Bio: Kathryn P. Haydon is the poet-in-residence at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods in Riverwoods, IL. Her haiku and poetry have been published in journals including The Heron’s Nest, Mayfly, Acorn, Modern Haiku, Wales Haiku Journal, Presence, humana obscura, and others. Kathryn’s seventh book, A Love Letter to Deep Souls, is currently being released serially on her Deep Soul Strengths Substack.
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Lovely selection of summery haiku, thanks for including mine!
The sky, alive with swifts, dragons, mangled kites, and hummingbird moths. Such joy!