Longest Day

Haiku by Monica Kakkar, Ann Sullivan, Lorraine A Padden, Kimberly Kuchar, and Paula Sears

Longest Day
Photo by Philip Mackie on Unsplash

debut on solstice
a caravan of camels . . .
Chefchaouen caftan

Monica Kakkar
India and United States of America
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakakkar/


solstice birthday
climbing red roses
her perennial guest

Ann Sullivan
Arlington, Massachusetts USA


sunlit dune
a doodlebug's
blank canvas

Lorraine A Padden
San Diego, CA, USA
Website:
lorrainepadden.com


swaying side to side
sunflowers slow dance
with the sun

Kimberly Kuchar
Austin, TX, USA


yellow-green pollen
swirling with sun
painted turtles

Paula Sears
Exeter, NH


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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