The Hum of Summer
Haiku by Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Katherine E. Winnick, Betsy Hearne, and Debbie Strange
muggy night
a mystery train sounds
its whistle
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, OH, USA
whale song –
follow the moon
to my heart
Katherine E. Winnick
Brighton, East Sussex, UK
ever buzzing
two cicadas
one in each ear
Betsy Hearne
Urbana, IL, USA
folk festival
the music drifts beyond
our horizons
Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Editor Bio: Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Jennifer’s haiku has recently won the 6th Basho-an International English Haiku Competition and earlier this year was selected for the Golden Triangle Haiku Poetry Competition in DC. Her poetry was also accepted into the Ars Nova Shared Vision project in Colorado and was turned into a choral piece and performed in a series of concerts in the Denver area. Her first book of poetry has just been accepted for publication.
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