Overgrown
Haiku by Nancy Orr, Wilda Morris, and Mary McCormack
weeding the garden
a spider carries her eggs
to safety
Nancy Orr
Lewiston, ME, USA
Queen Anne’s lace
in my asparagus patch
a royal nuisance
Wilda Morris
Bolingbrook, IL, USA
old French farmhouse
deep in lavender
a bumblebee
Mary McCormack
La Grange Park, IL, USA
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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