welcome to #73 hedgerow. as always, grateful to readers & contributors alike! enjoy…

 

with love & kindness,

 

caroline skanne

founding editor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after our quarrel
the frog resumes
his croaking

Julie Warther (@JulieWarther) serves as Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

playing together
police siren
and the ice cream truck’s song

Elmedin Kadric was born in Novi Pazar, Serbia, but writes out of Helsingborg, Sweden. A student of both longer and shorter forms of poetry, and an avid observer of everything else.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nika is the pen name of Jim Force. He lives in Victoria, BC CANADA. He writes collaboratively with Heron’s Quill and is a member of Haiku Arbutus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

grief
the slow thaw
of the frozen lake

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a pale sun
seeing my pain
in your eyes

Rachel Sutcliffe, from Yorkshire, UK, has suffered from a serious immune disorder for the past 15 years, throughout this time writing has been her therapy, it’s what keeps her from going insane!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

something green
when we talk
beach glass

Dan Schwerin is Wisconsin born and has enjoyed its cities, farms and rivers.  He has been a perpetual novice poet for over twenty years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathy Cotton is a southern Illinois poet and digital collage artist. Her newest creative love is haiga and the practice of capturing beautiful moments in a few words and pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

midday sun
he steps around
dad’s shadow

Dave Read is a Canadian poet. You can find his work on his blog, davereadpoetry.blogspot.ca.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No matter where he was,
she spoke expecting him to hear.

          Forever, she whispered to the moon.

The sound bounced off its cratered surface.
He listened for it
on the other side of the world.

Alan Toltzis is the author of The Last Commandment and the founder of The Psalm Project, which teaches poetry to kids in middle and high school. Alan lives and works in Bucks County, PA. Find him online at alantoltzis.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathy Cotton is a southern Illinois poet and digital collage artist. Her newest creative love is haiga and the practice of capturing beautiful moments in a few words and pictures.