C Miscellany

The following miscellaneous “Haiku from Index Cards” all start with the letter C.

camera poised—

wind takes

this very petal

             (written 1994, published 2000)

campmeeting tent—

mayflies

swarming the canvas

             (written 1992, a memory of Manitoba, published 1994)

cancer ward this time we don’t say goodbye

             (written 2013, published 2016)

carpet patterns his retirement speech

             (written 2013, published 2021)

carrying groceries

the vet’s mother tattoo

bulging

             (written 1994, published 1995; see “Old Spice” rengay)

casino

       I lose

myself

             (written 2011, published 2013)

cathedral bells . . .

the chestnut vendor’s

steaming cart

             (written 1997, published 2003)

cats in love—

the blinds split apart

in the neighbour’s window

             (written 1996, published 1998)

cedar rounds

stacked to the cabin soffit—

summer rain

             (written 2011, published 2017; see “Summer in the Country” rengay)

cedars and firs

as still as stones . . .

mountain rain

             (written 2019, published 2022)

chairs overturned

on dusk-lit tables—

a pause in the broom

             (written 2003, published 2019)

chalk outline

of the body

tiny

             (written 1994, published 1998; see “Almond Tea” renku)

chambers pulsing

in the washed-up jellyfish—

waning moon

             (written 2002, published 2008)

              chess in the park . . .

the dragon kite

       dips and dives

             (written 2021, published 2021)

chess men in boxes . . .

the café’s ceiling fan

turns by itself

             (written 1994, published 1999)

child’s wish           first satellite

             (written 1993, published 2017)

chinook wind

the smell

of melting snow

             (written on a date unrecorded, prior to 1989, published 1989)

citizenship oath—

a man up front

with dirt under his nails

             (written 2002, published 2020)

clear California night—

the New Yorker remarks

about stars

             (written 1993, published 1995)

click of the camera—

       hollow of the castle step

collecting rain

             (written 1992, published 1997)

clink of pie tins—

a colander of blueberries

dripping in the sink

             (written 2002, published 2002)

clouding sky

my finger

on the bear track

             (written 1999, published 2007)

cloudy day—

a magpie squawks

from the sundial

             (written 1992, published 1998)

coffee break—

the window washer winks

at the board chairman

             (written 2003, published 2006)

cold tea—

the snow all settled

in the snow globe

             (written 1992, published 1998)

college quad—

the noose in the oak

winters the air

             (written 2015, published 2022)

colours and shadows

in a slow, deep brook—

a pebble shifts

             (written 1991, published 1992)

comatose teenager . . .

“Happy New Year”

whispered in her ear

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

construction site

      nose stains

      beneath the knothole

             (written 1998, published 2003)

construction site—

the backhoe bumps loose

a shower of blossoms

             (written 2006, published 2015)

converging planets

hidden by clouds . . .

starlings

             (written 1992, published 2022)

coronavirus—

a few things crossed off

my to-do list

             (written 2020, published 2020; see “Going Viral” rengay)

court

room

just

ice

             (written 2017, published 2017)

crocuses nodding—

drifts in the lee

of clear-cut stumps

             (written 2003, published 2020)

cumulo nimbus—

a tadpole nudges

my breadcrumb

             (written 1998/2000, published 2004)