Cherry Blossom

 PJCA’s 1st International Haiku Anthology 2026:

🍂new moon—

cherry blossoms unfold

the night scent🍂

 

Sarah Mahina Calvello 

San Francisco, California, USA

Marigold

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂First morning coffee

In my marigold garden

Such fragrance haunting🍂

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Still and Something Magic

 🍂Still in love

Sweet bitterness of blackbirds

Legacy of hope🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Something magic 

Layers upon layers

Of sunset 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Morning of April 25, 2026

Humid Afternoons

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🌹🍂Humid afternoons

Feeling very alive now

Birds on spring blossoms🍂🌹

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Clock

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Silhouettes of crows

No way to turn back the clock

Memory of love🍂

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Haunted

 Thursday, April 16, 2026

Circle of Salt

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

 

🍂☕️stovetop coffee a haunted doll going through motions☕️🍂

~

Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to coffee.

Paper mache

 🍂Paper mache worries

They tend to crumble

In the wind🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry

Afternoon of April 15, 2026

Dew

 

Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂New morning dawning
Glimmering and glistening
In a drop of dew🍂

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Hard to forget pain, always a new path

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Hard to forget pain

Peach flowers delicate curve

Remember sweetness🍂

🍂Trying to numb pain

Weighed down by these misfortunes

Always a new path🍂

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 🍂Spilling wine

On chocolate dirt

On murmuring roots🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

🍂Duality

Of twilight crickets

Slow mandolins🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Ravens song🍂

Time goes by

Is it enough?🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

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Afternoon of April 11, 2026

Vanilla

 ☕️🍂Vanilla ice coffee

You told me to enjoy birds

Simple, sweet🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

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Morning of April 10, 2026

Camera

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Antique camera
Making all new memories
Moonlit lavender🍂

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Wisdom

 🍂Old women selling eggs

The quiet wisdom

In everyday life🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

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Evening of April 7, 2026

Easter

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂☕️Sweet, easy morning

An Easter cappuccino

Tangle of flowers☕️🍂

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Lawn chair

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

🍂Lawn-chair afternoons

Favorite for sunlit dreams

Food coma follows🍂

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Shadows

 Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

Stretching grey shadows

🍂A full moon on cobbled streets

Prelude to a dream🍂

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