In Bloom

Haiku by B. L. Bruce, Lara Payne, and Betsy Hearne

In Bloom
Bee Balm by Allyson Whipple

Note from Allyson Whipple: Thanks to Carol Dorf for serving as the guest editor this past week! Thanks also to our most recent Tip Jar contributors:

  • Anonymous
  • Chris Brock
  • Sarah

moon-white
soaproot blossoms
the bee’s delight

B. L. Bruce
Corralitos, CA, USA


honeysuckle
rare sunlight, tiny tastes
glowing and caught

Lara Payne
Brentwood, MD


morning glories
an old trellis
remembers

Betsy Hearne
Urbana, IL, USA


Editor Bio: Carol Dorf is a Zoeglossia fellow, whose books include “Theory-Headed Dragon.” Their writing appears on the Poetry Foundation website, and in journals that include “Pleiades,” ”About Place," “Cutthroat,” “Braving the Body,” “American Stories” and ”Scientific American.” They are founding poetry editor of Talking Writing.


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