Edges

wading through
my insecurities
waist-high weeds

Kelly Sargent
Williston, VT

pushing into deep water i
d sappear

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

treatment room
the seagulls shredding
memories

Ella Aboutboul
West Sussex, United Kingdom

fire rainbow
setting boundaries
after all these years

C. Jean Downer
Canada
cjeandowner.com

after the final bell
I step into
freedom

Jennifer Gurney
Broomfield, Colorado, 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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