Hexapods

Haiku by Marilyn Ashbaugh, Kimberly Kuchar, Jahnavi Gogoi, Roberta Beach Jacobson, and Ruth Holzer

Hexapods
Pharaoh Cicada photographed by Allyson Whipple

orchard mow
a tick hitches
a ride home

Marilyn Ashbaugh


crash dummies
June bugs collide
with the glass door

Kimberly Kuchar
Austin, TX, USA


cicadas hum
prayers under
the hickory tree

Jahnavi Gogoi
Ajax, Ontario, Canada
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at the beach
my vacation spent
with sand fleas

Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, IA, USA
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hovering over
the overgrown garden
first firefly

Ruth Holzer
Herndon, VA, USA


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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