Summers of Our Youth
Haiku by Joanna Ashwell, Betsy Hearne, Caroline Wermuth, Eavonka Ettinger, and Patricia Carragon
gosling party
carrying our innocence
down river
Joanna Ashwell
United Kingdom
www.joannaashwell.com
bedraggled bulbs
shooting up in surprise
adolescence
Betsy Hearne
Urbana, IL, USA
Website/social media
by the ice cream truck
near the beach children wait
with sand-covered feet
Caroline Wermuth
Pennsylvania
burnt sienna
childhood vacations
in the sun
Eavonka Ettinger
Long Beach, CA
asphalt beach
kids cool off
by the hydrant
Patricia Carragon
Brooklyn
https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
Editor Bio: Allyson Whipple is the founding editor of Haiku Girl Summer. She currently serves as the managing editor at Frogpond and is still hard at work on The Culinary Saijiki.
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