Shimmering
Haiku by Marjolein Rotsteeg, Eavonka Ettinger, Carly Siegel Thorp and Morag Elizabeth Humble
two wasps
learn to swim
in my wine
Marjolein Rotsteeg
Hoenderloo, The Netherlands
https://mastodon.nl/@MarjoleinRotsteeg
coral
reefs
in
hot
water
rescue
crew
Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, CA
ebb tide
weaving the cordgrass
fiddler crabs
Carly Siegel Thorp
Sterling, MA, USA
sun-soaked lake
diamonds sparkle out of reach
of my fishing line
Morag Elizabeth Humble
Ottawa, Canada
IG: @guineafowlgirl
Editor Bio: C.X. Turner (she/they) is the pen name for a social worker, manager and writer, living and working in the UK. They love experimenting with Japanese short-forms and collaborating with other poets. Co-Editor of the Wales Haiku Journal, their debut solo collection, evergreen: a collection of haiku, senryū and tanka was recently published by Alba Publishing and they are also the author of anemones: a mini haiku chapbook (Yavanika Press), and co-author of Building Sandcastles: a book of short poems (Literary Revelations). Find them on X @lover__poetic.
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