you can't be Sirius

Barbara Grueger
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

yoga nidra
in the sun
stray dog

Svetla
Carshalton, United Kingdom

twilight
a coyote howls
from the melon field

Paula Sears
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

stifling heat
the dog chasing a red kite
exhausts me

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland
https://seaviewwarrenpoint.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!