Haiku--By Fatma Gultepe--Turkey

granddaughter

coloring a rainbow

april sky

first published Failed Haiku, A Journal of English Senryu

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Summer moon

seeds for the next season

remaining melons

first published The Herald Tribune and The Asahi Haikuist Network Column

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henna-haired girl

no longer my student

a 14-year- old bride

first published Failed Haiku, A Journal of English Senryu

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a sea breeze

children drawing sails

on the sand   

first published The Heron’s Nest

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happiness

a childhood snow sled

waiting for winter

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Fatma Gultepe born in Bursa, Turkey in 1947. She is a retired English teacher. From time to time she writes poetry, especially haiku. She is a mezzo soprano and is singing classical choral music.