In Gratitude

Thank you to Jennifer Gurney for serving as this week’s guest editor!

ice cream
on the porch after dark
June bugs

Claire Vogel Camargo
Austin, Texas, USA

citrus mornings
when life gives you
a lemon tree

Kathryn P. Haydon
Chicagoland, USA
Substack: Deep Soul Strengths

carnival…
powdering my nose
with a funnel cake

Sharon Ferrante
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

blueberry barrens purple tongues

Nancy Orr
Lewiston, Maine, USA

strawberry stain
around her mouth
he says nothing

C.X. Turner
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Bluesky: @loverpoetic

Editor Bio: Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has four books of published poetry, My Eyes Adjusting (2024), Liquid Sky (2025), Love’s Echolocation (2025) and Light Matters More (2025, forthcoming). In just over two and a half years, more than 1,500 of Jennifer’s poems have been published. She is also delighted to be a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.

Tip Jar

Haiku Girl Summer will always be a free publication. If you want to make a financial contribution, please visit Allyson Whipple’s Buy Me a Coffee page. Mention Haiku Girl Summer in the comment box and your donation will go into a pool that will be divided among the guest editors at the end of the 2025 editorial run.

Merch

After repeated requests, I set up a Haiku Girl Summer merch shop. You can order T-shirts and tank tops, along with hats, mugs, buttons, and a spiral notebook. Email me if there are other items you’d like to see!