Moonlight Between Steps (Solitary Moments & Reflection)
Haiku by Hifsa Ashraf, Adele Evershed, Fatma Zohra Habis, and Karin Hedetniemi
solitude stroll
crossing my path
the black moth
Hifsa Ashraf
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
@hifsays
fumizuki moon
folding my rejections
into cranes
Adele Evershed
Wilton, CT, USA
night walk
I stumble
among the stars
Fatma Zohra Habis
Algiers, Algeria
conch shell
mother hears the ocean
from her childhood
Karin Hedetniemi
Victoria, BC, Canada
Website: AGoldenHour.com, Bluesky: @karinhedet
Editor Bio: C.X. Turner (she, they) is a UK poet and the author of evergreen – a collection of haiku, senryu and tanka (https://www.etsy.com/shop/cxturner). She is co-editor of Wales Haiku Journal and enjoys collaborating with other poets. IG @love.rpoetic
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