At the Whatever

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” take place at different locations. I have many more of these that start with “at the,” but the following are key selections.

at the fairground

Dad slowly unfolds

his money

             (written 2023, published 2024)

at the grocery store,

she buys his favourite candy bar

instead of hers

             (written 2008, published 2011)

at the gym

working out

a relationship

             (written 2011, published 2016)

at the Hockey Hall of Fame

my boy keeps asking

to see the Zamboni

             (written 2017, published 2022; see “Even in Toronto” rengay)

at the scrap yard

plums

in full bloom

             (written 2013, published 2017)

at the seaside museum

the sample otter skin

worn bare

             (written 2002, published 2008; see “Sixth Sense” rengay)

at the self-park pay station

the metal money-poker

swaying in the wind

             (written 2015, published 2024)

at the well

      wishing

            for a coin

             (written 1989, published 1990)