Everybody Loves the Sunshine

Haiku by Diane Webster, Katja Fox, C.X. Turner, Eavonka Ettinger, and wanda amos

Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Photo by Adeolu Eletu on Unsplash

cactus bloom
grasps the last shaft of sunshine
closed till tomorrow

Diane Webster
Delta, Colorado, USA

www.dianewebster.com


a dream of sunshine
the gentle swish of
butter yellow frocks

Katja Fox
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Instagram: @
haikukati


oil on her legs
the sun slides
out of reach

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


blistering sun
the roughness
of new shoes

Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, California, USA


sunny days with Nan
between the pages
wildflowers

wanda amos
Old Bar, Australia


Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. If you are in the Albuquerque area this weekend, consider stopping by to say hello at the Route 66 Poetry Festival, where she is a featured poet.


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