Between

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” are neither rocks nor hard places, but they are somewhere between.

between beats

the brief shadow

of the conductor’s baton

             (written 1998, published 2003)

between songs . . .

     pick marks

     on an old guitar

             (written 1993, published 1997)

between the brambles,

a fern’s curve

up the narrowing trail

             (written 1994, published 1997; see “Thornewood Poems”)

between the fence slats

      headlights

            of the lost car

             (written 1995, published 2002)

between the pages

of the Audubon book,

someone’s forget-me-not

             (written 1992, published 2007)

between the pages

of Western Civilization

remains of a silverfish

             (written 2016, published 2017; see “An Earwig’s Grip” rengay)

between the redwoods

   a tent flap

            flapping

             (written 1990, published 1995)

between tricks

a tart in a teddy

reading Freud

             (written 1990, published 1996)

between two roses

a single strand

                           of spider silk

             (written 1992, published 1995)