Breath of Summer

hammock afternoon
a single dandelion seed
on a single breeze

Sandra Simpson
New Zealand
https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/

doing everything
doing nothing. . .
side porch breezeway

Barbara Sabol
Akron, Ohio, USA
Website/social media

chatter
among the birch branches...
whispering breeze

Fatma Zohra Habis
Algiers/Algeria
Website/social media

descending the step ladder
a ceiling fan's first spin

Christina Chin

hot spell
the fan stirs
nothing

C.X. Turner
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Bluesky: @loverpoetic

Editor Bio: Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has four books of published poetry, My Eyes Adjusting (2024), Liquid Sky (2025), Love’s Echolocation (2025) and Light Matters More (2025, forthcoming). In just over two and a half years, more than 1,500 of Jennifer’s poems have been published. She is also delighted to be a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.

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!