Sweet Notes (Summer Fruits & Music)
Haiku by Bonnie J Scherer, Tina Mowrey, and Mariel Herbert
strawberry fields
get my toes tapping
morning jam
Bonnie J Scherer
Palmer, Alaska USA
afternoon tea
cradling the sun
cactus blossom
Tina Mowrey
San Antonio, TX
cicada song
how the grass grows through
my shadow
Mariel Herbert
Waterford, Virginia, USA
Editor Bio: C.X. Turner (she, they) is a UK poet and the author of evergreen – a collection of haiku, senryu and tanka (https://www.etsy.com/shop/cxturner). She is co-editor of Wales Haiku Journal and enjoys collaborating with other poets. IG @love.rpoetic
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Merch
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Sweet theme. Sweet set. Thanks for including one of my poems, Luci! 🍓