Seven Modern Haiku on Early Summer by Jennifer Gurney

diaphanous mist
wafts up from the morning lake
sublimation
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a clear freshet
bursts from my drain spout
early summer squall
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that first bite of 
juicy watermelon
summertime bliss
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patio dinners
with candlelight and music
simply taste better
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so warm I open
the sliding glass door and 
in saunters summer
□
breeze wafts branches
sunlight dances on bricks
patio dappled
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i wake to you
the promise of summer
with a lighter heart
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© Jennifer Gurney
Colorado, US

Haiku poet Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. She is a newly published poet, at age 59, with over 100 poems in print thus far. Jennifer has also published commentary about poetry and poetry-related essays. During the pandemic she joined the online poetry community of The Daily Haiku. Poetry has been a lifeline. Jennifer's poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Ravens Perch, HaikUniverse, Blithe Spirit, Cold Moon Journal, Asahi Haikuist, Scarlet Dragonfly and The Haiku Foundation, among others.

Two Micropoems by Ledarose Santos Delima

MEMORIES

A glimpse of memories

Those happy moments we had

The love and kissed ignite

It will forever remain

never change

But people do.

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RISE UP

On this rocky steep road

I may stumble or fall

Tumble and topple

But surely, I won't stop

Until I get on the top.

© Ledarose Santos Delima

Black Angel

Cainta Rizal, Philippines 

ledarosedelima83@gmail.com

Ledarose Santos Delima is a poetess from Cainta Rizal, Philippines. She is a mother of four children. She is now residing in Hongkong and working as a domestic helper. Ledarose loves to write about deep feelings of love and life. She made herself BLACK ANGEL as her pen name. She joined various poetry groups to enhance her ability to write. She believes that "if you love what you are doing and makes your heart happy no one could stop you. Believe in yourself that those little dreams could be in reality."

Six Modern Haiku by Daipayan Nair

after rain —
the lady arranges
her fruit cart
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slum sunset —
she adds her pitcher 
to the queue
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harvest drumbeat —
the worker grabs another 
sunflower head
□ 
cornfield stretch —
each tractor carries 
a cloud
□
receding waters —
a bullfrog jumps onto 
the driver's seat
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slice of sunrise —
the cart puller wipes 
the next spoke
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© Daipayan Nair
Silchar, Assam, India
nairdaipayan744@gmail.com

Daipayan Nair from Assam is a haiku poet. He writes micropoetry, mostly haiku and tanka poems. His works have been featured on various international platforms and weekly columns like Haiku Dialogue of The Haiku Foundation, Haiku in Action of Nick Virgilio Haiku Association, and FreshOutMag. He has also been published in the Frogpond Journal, the prune juice journal, Under the Basho Journal, Failed Haiku Journal, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Triya Mag, Kingfisher Journal, Poetry Pea Journal, Time Haiku Journal, Failed haiku — a journal of English Senryu, the Akitsu Quarterly, The Wales Haiku Journal among others. His haiku, senryu and tanka have appeared in  the prestigious monthly of haikuKATHA from Triveni Haikai India. His recent collection of haiku and senryu titled "tilt of the winnowing fan" was published in 2022 by Hawakal.