In a jam
Haiku by Roberta Beach Jacobson, Paula Sears, Bonnie J Scherer and Jo Balistreri
endless blackberries nearing the end
Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, IA, USA
https://linktr.ee/roberta_beach_jacobson
trodden path . . .
stopping to share
our bucket of blueberries
Paula Sears
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
seasonal allergy
the sting
in your words
Bonnie J Scherer
Palmer, Alaska USA
the taste of sun
on my tongue
ripe mango
Jo Balistreri
Waukesha, WI USA
maryjobalistreripoet.com
Editor Bio: C.X. Turner (she/they) is the pen name for a social worker, manager and writer, living and working in the UK. They love experimenting with Japanese short-forms and collaborating with other poets. Co-Editor of the Wales Haiku Journal, their debut solo collection, evergreen: a collection of haiku, senryū and tanka was recently published by Alba Publishing and they are also the author of anemones: a mini haiku chapbook (Yavanika Press), and co-author of Building Sandcastles: a book of short poems (Literary Revelations). Find them on X @lover__poetic.
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