the weight of paper

children's ABC book
S for sparrows
in black and white

Lakshmi Iyer
Trivandrum, Kerala, India

wedding invitation
dreams of being the bride
not the bridesmaid

Joan C. Fingon
Ventura, California, USA

folding cranes by the hundreds
even in the heat
seeking peace

Jennifer Gurney
Broomfield, Colorado, USA

launched
at yacht club
paper boat

Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, Iowa, USA
https://linktr.ee/roberta_beach_jacobson

sun-warmed page –
the kookaburra’s
afternoon call

Sandra Simpson
New Zealand
https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/

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.

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!