At the Old Ball Game

advancing
along the baseline
strawberry moon

Sari Grandstaff
Woodstock, NY, USA

the paint dry
wrapping up three innings
of t-ball

Sharon Martina
Warrenville, Illinois, UA

Not a masochist
Bad baseball hurts my heart
Radio off, locusts

Miriam ZombieHotflash Solon
Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Cincinnati Reds...
teaching our daughter
how to score baseball

Nancy Brady
Huron, Ohio, USA
www.nbsmithblog.wordpress.com
Bluesky: @nanbrady123.bsky.social‬
Twitter: @NancySm93536930

park district softball--
center fielder focusing
on a dog

Wilda Morris
Bolingbrook, Illinois

t-ball game
at the plate
the batter hugs the pitcher

Valorie Woerdehoff
Dubuque, Iowa, USA

empty Little League field
cheers from the bleachers
only memories

Caroline Wermuth
State College, Pennsylvania, USA

always talking
over each other
blue jays against cardinals

Kathryn P. Haydon
Chicagoland, Illinois, USA
Substack: Deep Soul Strengths

Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer and current editor of Frogpond: The Journal of the Haiku Society of America. She is excited that Haiku North America is just four weeks away!

Tip Jar

Haiku Girl Summer will always be a free publication. If you want to make a financial contribution, please visit Allyson Whipple’s Buy Me a Coffee page. Mention Haiku Girl Summer in the comment box and your donation will go into a pool that will be divided among the guest editors at the end of the 2025 editorial run.

Merch

After repeated requests, I set up a Haiku Girl Summer merch shop. You can order T-shirts and tank tops, along with hats, mugs, buttons, and a spiral notebook. Email me if there are other items you’d like to see!