Made in the Shade
Haiku by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Eavonka Ettinger, Betsy Hearne, and Katja Fox
policeman's holiday
pink water gun
under umbrella
Barbara Anna Gaiardoni
Verona, Italy
letting the sun
in and out
pink parasol
Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, CA, USA
shade
a shift
in walking routes
Betsy Hearne
Urbana, IL, USA
enchanted
forest walks—
fifty shades of green
Katja Fox
Cambridge, England/UK
Editor Bio: Jessica Allyson (pen name) is based in Ottawa, Canada. Jessica has been actively writing and studying haiku for the past several years and approaches the genre with a beginner’s mind. She is a member of the HSA’s Volery Mentorship Program as well as a member of Haiku Canada and its Trillium and KaDo groups. Jessica’s work has been featured in a range of publications including Haiku Canada and HSA anthologies, frogpond, the Asahi Haikuist Network column, Solitary Daisy and more. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase the work of her fellow haikuists here.
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