Creatures

muggy
with mosquitoes
morning walk

Nancy Orr
Lewiston, Maine, USA

finch chatter
the first secret
sunny-side up

Joanna Ashwell
United Kingdom
www.joannaashwell.com

holiday rental
a lizard lounges
in the dry birdbath

Alanna C. Burke
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

dusk
the sunbathing fox
yawns

Juliet Wilson
Edinburgh, Scotland
Substack: Crafty Green Poet
Bluesky: @craftygreenpoet

first campfire
fireflies threading
a new skyline

Kelly Sargent
Williston, Vermont, USA

Editor Bio: Katherine E. Winnick is the founding editor of the Shadow Pond Journal and part of the editorial team at The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. She was listed in the top 100 most creative haiku authors in EU 2023 and 2024 and selected amongst best of the Japan's Daily Newspaper The Mainichi 2023 and 2024. Her senryū sollection, My Hennaed Hand, was published by Alien Buddha Press (2023). she served as coeditor and curator of the bestseller To Live Here published by The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press (2023).

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