Too Darn Hot
Haiku by B. L. Bruce, Nitu Yumnam, Allyson Whipple, and Deborah Karl-Brandt
nothing but heat—
dreaming
of the sea
B. L. Bruce
Corralitos, CA, USA
heat wave
parched earth cracks
underfoot
Nitu Yumnam
India
record heat
sprays of broken auto glass
on every curb
Allyson Whipple
St. Louis, MO, USA
Other info
what poetry does not tell
heat waves
the thriving life
in trash bins
Deborah Karl-Brandt
Bonn, Germany
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.
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