Creatures Great and Small
Haiku by Sarah Paris, Christina Chin, Paula Sears, Ruth Holzer, and Sharon Ferrante
two lizards
darting on hot rocks
lovers or foes?
Sarah Paris
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Instagram: @calswisspoet
lingering heat
the mouse deer sprint from shade to shade
Christina Chin
young rabbits frolicking
in early morning mist
wild strawberries
Paula Sears
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
shimmering heat
all eight feet of the rat snake
slither out
Ruth Holzer
Potomac Falls, Virginia, USA
bees on honeysuckle tangled in my hair
Sharon Ferrante
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. She currently serves as the managing editor of Frogpond and is still at work on The Culinary Saijiki.
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