In the Garden
Haiku by Lara Payne, Allyson Whipple, Tracy Davidson, and Vidya Shankar
twigs circle
like a cloud woven with wind
listen and wonder
Lara Payne
Brentwood, MD, USA
Website: www.larapayne.com
neighborhood association
all the dandelions
that used to be
Allyson Whipple
St. Louis, MO, USA
Website: www.allysonwhipple.com
shady tree
the squirrel and I
share cool relief
Tracy Davidson
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK
entangled roots
still, the tree reaches out
to the sky
Vidya Shankar
Chennai, India
Instagram: vidya.shankar.author
Editor Bio: Michele Rule is a disabled writer from Kelowna BC. She is especially interested in the topics of chronic illness, relationships and nature. Michele has been awarded honourable mention twice for the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational and also for the Haiku Northwest Porad Award. Her first chapbook is Around the World in Fifteen Haiku. Michele lives in a beautiful garden surrounded by people who love her just the way she is.
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