Afternoon

Here are six “Haiku from Index Cards” that all take place at the same time of day.

afternoon drizzle—

the cancer patient

asks me my sign

             (written 1992, published 1998)

afternoon hike—

the pussy willows dwindling

from my handful

             (written 2003, published 2005)

afternoon mail—

the stamp from Australia

upside down

             (written 1993, published 1993)

afternoon nap—

the wind in the pine

pulls at my hammock

             (written 2000, published 2006)

afternoon rain—

   a crimson maple leaf

sticks to the taxi window

             (written 1993, published 2001)

afternoon shade—

moss rubbed off

where the branches touch

             (written 1994, published 1998)