Footsteps

barefoot on the counter a peach comes in

Ella Aboutboul
West Sussex, UK

90 degrees—
first toe prints
in my new sandals

Julie Bloss-Kelsey
Germantown, Maryland, USA
Instagram @julieblosskelsey

sandal weather...
matching my polish
to sea color sky

Kathryn P. Haydon
Chicagoland, USA
Substack: Deep Soul Strengths

flipflop walk
tendrils of beach
cling to my calves

Morag Elizabeth Humble
Ontario, Canada
Instagram @guineafowlgirl

kicking off my shoes
I breathe
possibility

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).

Tip Jar

Haiku Girl Summer will always be a free publication. If you want to make a financial contribution, please visit Allyson Whipple’s Buy Me a Coffee page. Mention Haiku Girl Summer in the comment box and your donation will go into a pool that will be divided among the guest editors at the end of the 2025 editorial run.

Merch

After repeated requests, I set up a Haiku Girl Summer merch shop. You can order T-shirts and tank tops, along with hats, mugs, buttons, and a spiral notebook. Email me if there are other items you’d like to see!