Fruitful

Haiku by Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Eavonka Ettinger, Nancy Brady, JL Huffman, and Rupa Anand

Fruitful
Cherry Cheesecake photo by Allyson Whipple

state fair bake-off
the judge making eyes
at a cherry pie

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, OH, USA


childless
not by choice
fruit tree

Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, CA, USA


strawberry shortcake...
she licks whipped cream
from his lips

Nancy Brady
Huron, OH, USA
Website:
https://www.nbsmithblog.wordpress.com


white frilled canes
clamber banks
blackberry dreams

JL Huffman
Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, USA
X/Twitter:
JoanHuffmanMD
Website: jlhuffman.com


a change in the weather mango droppings

Rupa Anand
New Delhi, India
Facebook:
rupa.anand.775
Instagram: rupa.anand


Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. She currently serves as the newsletter editor for the Haiku Society of America, and is the author of the haiku chapbook Postcards from Texas (Cuttlefish Books, 2023).


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