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sunscreen
into the backpack
weekend staycation

Rupa Anand
New Delhi, India
Facebook: rupa.anand.775
Instagram: rupa.anand

county fair
fried twinkies
a goldfish in a bag

Marjorie Pezzoli
San Diego, CA, USA
Website: www.PezzoliArt.com

hot days
a lemonade stand
on every corner

Jennifer Gurney
Broomfield, CO, USA

protected
under striped sun umbrella
beach memories

Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, IA, USA
Website: https://linktr.ee/roberta_beach_jacobson

Editor Bio: Michele Rule is a disabled writer from Kelowna BC. She is especially interested in the topics of chronic illness, relationships and nature. Michele has been awarded honourable mention twice for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational and also for the Haiku Northwest Porad Award. Her first chapbook is Around the World in Fifteen Haiku. Michele lives in a beautiful garden surrounded by people who love her just the way she is.

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