April

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” take notice of spring.

April Fool’s Day—

    again today

the mail has not come

             (written 2005, published 2005)

April Fool’s Day—

pencil marks on the tax form

from when I dozed off

             (written 2001, published 2002)

April morning—

the last page

shuts by itself

             (written 2002, published 2020; see “Star Wheel” sequence)

April morning—

the smell of fresh paint

through a bedroom window

             (written 2002, published 2017)

April shower—

my girlfriend’s house key

back on my key ring

             (written 1995, published 2000)

April showers—

a library book

left under an oak

             (written 2013, published 2016; see “From Off the Beaten Track: A Year in Haiku”)