Beach Bodies
Haiku by many poets (I have once again exceeded the subheader character limit)
swimsuit malfunction
bikini top goes AWOL
my walk of shame
Patricia Carragon
Brooklyn, New York, USA
https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
still at the beach
enough sand
for everybody
Boryana Boteva
Sofia, Bulgaria
wave catches, tosses
sand in mouth
swimsuit malfunction
Robin White
Cochran, Georgia, USA
Instagram: @nerdistrob_creative
beach therapy
the push and pull
of tides
Kelly Sargent
Williston, Vermont, USA
wild waves
the cacophony
of a beach day
Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, California, USA
sudden gust
riding the waves
my beach hat
Sharon Ferrante
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
all night
in my bloodstream
ocean waves
Agnes Eva Savich
Austin, Texas, USA
skinny dipping
stumpy-toed feet
beached
Bonnie J Scherer
Palmer, Alaska, USA
A spritz at the beach
A glass encrusted with sand
Aperol Sunset
Laura Brincat
Rome, Italy
salt wind
the taste of him
beneath her lip
C.X. Turner
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
https://www.etsy.com/shop/cxturner
sand dunes
this path leading
to the clouds
Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
debbiemstrange.blogspot.com/
Instagram: @debbiemstrange
Twitter: @Debbie_Strange
lapping waves
on sister's hand
a starfish
Tuyet Van Do
Australia
exhausting heat
an old man whistles
at my bathing suit
Violet Avery Hall
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
low tide
my dog and I
race the winds
Susan Lee Roberts
Montesano, WA, USA
sea breeze —
riding the waves
white seagulls
Nicoletta Ignatti
Castellana Grotte, Italy
the constellations
seared onto my body
endless beach days
Christina Sng
Instagram: @christinasng
Facebook: @christinasng
SPF30
bikini-clad teens baking
on the beach
Nancy Brady
Huron, Ohio, USA
www.nbsmithblog.wordpress.com
Bluesky: @nanbrady123.bsky.social
Twitter: @NancySm93536930
salted bushtit
she emerges from the ocean
without her top
Amber Winter
New Freedom, Pennsylviania, USA
seaside
playing between the waves
of her giggles
Samantha Pardo Irigoyen
Tacoma, WA, USA
tidal light . . .
softshell clams
bubbling the sand
Paula Sears
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
sea salt on skin
remembering
my first bikini
Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, County Down, N Ireland
https://seaviewwarrenpoint.wordpress.com
footprints
on the wet beach sand...
receding waves
Fatma Zohra Habis
Algiers/Algeria
waves breaching
private property lines
the child lets her kite fly
Ann Sullivan
Arlington, Massachussets, USA
lines in the sand–
a nesting turtle
comes and goes
Lisa Billa
San Jose, California, USA
Bluesky: @lisasbilla.bsky.social
maiden flight
a sandpiper slides
into the splits
Stephanie Zepherelli
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
beach umbrella
six feet under
shade
Sari Grandstaff
Woodstock, NY, USA
Twitter: @haikutopia
surfacing for air
the seal and I
make eye contact
Mary McCormack
www.marymwriter.com
Instagram: @haiku_mary
Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer and current managing editor of Frogpond: The Journal of the Haiku Society of America. She is still hard at work on The Culinary Saijiki manuscript.
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