Big Sky

Haiku by Barrie Levine, B. L. Bruce, Ruth Holzer, Wilda Morris, and Morag Elizabeth Humble

Big Sky
Photo Credit: Allyson Whipple

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the sky
in my garden
blue poppies

Barrie Levine
Wenham, MA, USA
Website:
barrielevine.com


high noon—
the yucca’s shadow spreading
under forget-me-not sky

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heatwaves curling
under vacant sky
dog days

B. L. Bruce
Corralitos, CA, USA
Twitter:
the_poesis
Instagram: b_l_bruce


cloudless sky
a Painted Lady
fans herself

Ruth Holzer
Herndon, VA, USA


wood smoke
curling into pink sky
s’mores time

Wilda Morris
Bolingbrook, IL, USA


peak Perseids
on my back in the campsite
many wishes

Morag Elizabeth Humble
Ottawa, Canada
Instagram:
guineafowlgirl


Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. She currently serves as the newsletter editor for the Haiku Society of America, and is the author of the haiku chapbook Postcards from Texas (Cuttlefish Books, 2023).


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