Swimsuit Season
Haiku by Esther Rohm, Deborah Karl-Brandt, Mary McCormack, and Adele Evershed
tan lines seeing myself in a new light
Esther Rohm
Dayton, OH USA
white lines in a tanned face
all of her smiles
I missed out
Deborah Karl-Brandt
Bonn, Germany
that extra hesitation
before stepping outside —
bikini
Mary McCormack
www.marymwriter.com
aperol spritz
he suggests I order
tummy control swim wear
Adele Evershed
Wilton, Connecticut, USA
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Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. She currently serves as the newsletter editor for the Haiku Society of American and is the author of the haiku chapbook Postcards from Texas (Cuttlefish Books, 2023).
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