Weathering Summer
Haiku by Lakshmi Iyer, Allyson Whipple, C.X. Turner, Wilda Morris, and Nitu Yumnam
Note from Allyson Whipple: Thanks to Barrie Levine for serving as the guest editor this past week! Thanks also to our most recent Tip Jar contributors:
Laurie Kuntz
Nancy Brady
Sangita Kalarickal
sudden rain
the duress sound
of returning cows
Lakshmi Iyer
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
August night
the ice so slow
to chill my glass
Allyson Whipple
St. Louis, MO, USA
warm wind
the loop and curve
of a circling bee
C.X. Turner
Warwickshire, UK
another downpour
the smell of warm rain
in my mouth
Wilda Morris
Bolingbrook IL, USA
June heat
ripe mangoes drop
with sweetness
Nitu Yumnam
India
Editor Bio: Barrie Levine discovered her identity as a haiku poet after retiring from a decades long career as a divorce lawyer and mediator in Massachusetts. She devotes a great deal of time to learning, writing, attending workshops, and serving as an HSA mentor. Barrie published a print edition of 127 haiku in 2022 entitled Cotton Moon.
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