{"id":1451,"date":"2026-08-01T18:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2026-08-01T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:03:52","slug":"page-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/page-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">school holidays<br>in the empty yard<br>flame tree blossoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Tuyet Van Do, Australia<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:67px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">komorebi<br>the chameleon<br>half hidden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Leon Tefft, USA<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2b4002ad wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shrinking lake<br>the throaty rasping<br>of a raven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Louise Hopewell, Australia<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">peach iced tea<br>a wasp determined<br>to have its fill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Deborah Karl-Brandt, Germany<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">summer heat i become the mirage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Mona Bedi, India<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:85px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2b4002ad wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">heat wave<br>looking for shade<br>a white cane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Mircea Moldovan, Rom\u00e2nia<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:84px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">communing over the fence summer squashes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Julie Schwerin, United States<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:89px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">mirror pond<br>a water strider skates<br>through the sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><sub>\u2014<\/sub><em><sub>Deborah Karl-Brandt, Germany<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">About<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Tuyet Van Do lives<\/strong> in Melbourne, Australia. She loves poetry and writes whenever inspiration strikes. Her work has been widely published in various journals and anthologies. She was nominated for the Touchstone Award for Individual Poems (2022, 2025), and was the winner of The Irmo Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Contest (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Leon Tefft<\/strong> is a poet and author of Wild Orchids, Haiku Evolution and Haiku Traditions from Greenville, South Carolina. He is a member of the Haiku Society of America and the Tanka Society of America. You can see more of Leon\u2019s work and connect with him at leontefft.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Louise Hopewell<\/strong> is an Australian poet and playwright based in Naarm\/Melbourne. When not writing, Louise can be found riding her bicycle or playing ukulele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Deborah Karl-Brandt <\/strong>works as an author, editor, and educator. Her poems have been published widely, and several have won awards. In 2025, she was selected as a fellow at Confluence. Her new book, Wild Rabbit Moon, was published in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Mona Bedi<\/strong> is a medical doctor in Delhi, India. Her haiku and senryu have been published in many journals of repute.She has received many awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Mircea Moldovan<\/strong> lives in the village of Letca, Romania. 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