-Christina Chin (She says: June is Father’s Day month and I’m pleased to have a haiga published. Thank you Marie Marshall. The next Showcase at the zen space will be Summer 2022 https://thezenspace.wordpress.com/experience/spring-2022-showcase/

tissue paper kite
glued together all weekend
my father and me

– First appeared in Diogen Spring 2014 Haiku Contest

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handing over my drink
the barista recounts
coming out to his father
such unexpected intimacy
from a daily iced latte

— First appeared in Neon Graffiti: Tanka Poetry of Urban Life (November 26, 2016)

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my father-in-law’s pals
still swapping fish tales
lakeside
I watch his ashes
swirl around the dock

— First appeared (in slightly different form) in Neon Graffiti: Tanka Poetry of Urban Life (November 26, 2016)

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the old oak drops
another leafless branch
this spring
my father finally asks me
for advice

— First appeared (in slightly different form) in The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2016

-All haiku by Julie Bloss Kelsey

his absence felt
now that I’ve grown old
father’s day

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one hand of father
on my shoulder, the other
on the cycle handle
brisk walk
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flying kites
we both are carried away
in the wispy winds

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-All haiku by Lakshmi Iyer
India

Bios And Links

-Julie Bloss Kelsey

writes poetry from her home in suburban Maryland, wrapped up in a blanket and drinking iced decaf lattes.

-Lakshmi,

a homemaker, lives in ‘God’s own country.’ She was introduced to haiku in 2017. She liked its minimalistic form, especially the way it could see the unread and read the unseen! Now, it’s almost as if words follow her all day long, and she has the pick of the best! Her haiku have found homes in several online journals. Yet, she feels her journey has only just begun…