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balmy spring day 
a toddler in the yellow hat 
almost stands<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Keiko Izawa, Japan<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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her smile
a bright blue ribbon
in the oriole\u2019s nest<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Julie Bloss Kelsey ,USA <\/small>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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summer stars
a pushcart vendor sells
his last mango <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Neha Singh Soni, India<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the waft of manure
on the wind
a farmer\u2019s early start<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Mark Gilbert ,UK <\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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orchid \u2014
granddaughter’s boyfriend
picks a winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Elizabeth Crocket , Canada<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Keiko<\/strong> lives on a hilltop in Yokohama, Japan with her husband and two cats. She enjoys watching foreign ships come in and out of port. \n <\/p>\n\n \n\n \n

\n Julie Bloss Kelsey<\/strong> writes haiku and short fiction from her home in suburban Maryland, USA. She is on the board of The Haiku Foundation, where she writes a bi-monthly column called New to Haiku. \n<\/p>\n\n

\n Neha Singh Soni<\/strong> is a Chartered Accountant from India, with a deep love for poetry, especially haiku. She primarily focuses on love poems and nature-inspired verses. Her work has been published in renowned online magazines.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\n Mark Gilbert<\/strong> enjoys writing short poetry and prose. He has recently published Variations on the Planets, a split-sequence sci-fi poetry chapbook with Eavonka Ettinger. \n<\/p>\n

\n Elizabeth Crocket <\/strong> has had three Haiku Foundation online galleries. She has been shortlisted twice for the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards. Her latest books are Lake Holiday and Christmas Holiday, for kids and kids at heart.\n<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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