Strings in the Heat (Music, Mood & the Blues)
Haiku by Kila Lim, Christina Chin, and Bisshie
midsummer blues
i strum the dust
off my guitar
Kila Lim
Manila, Philippines
paper fan
her love letter ashes
by morning
Christina Chin
Malaysia
a blue bottle
a bluebottle…a bluebottle
open window
Bisshie
Zurich, Switzerland
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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Merch
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