Fridays are for Ice Cream

Haiku by C.X. Turner, Sari Grandstaff, Roberta Beach Jacobson, wanda amos, and Adele Evershed

Fridays are for Ice Cream
A Cone from Ices Plain and Fancy in St. Louis. Credit: Allyson Whipple

mint choc chip
down his wrist
dune hush

C.X. Turner
Warwickshire, U.K.
Bluesky: @
loverpoetic


block party
trying to eat melting ice cream
with a spork

Sari Grandstaff
Woodstock, NY, USA
Twitter: @
haikutopia


two scoops
of our favorite song
ice cream truck

Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, IA, USA

https://linktr.ee/roberta_beach_jacobson


the slow drip
of chocolate ice cream
dog day afternoon

wanda amos
Old Bar, Australia


vanilla ice
a soft scoop of melting
peony...

Adele Evershed
Wilton, CT
Bluesky: @
adlibby
Twitter: @AdLibby1


Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. If you’re in the Albuquerque area, come say hello at the Route 66 Poetry Fest this weekend! Today’s post honors Allyson’s beloved years as a participant in I Scream Social in Austin, TX.


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