California Drought

When I lived in California (from 1986 to 2002), it too often seemed to be amid a drought. The following poems from “Haiku from Index Cards” tell a bit about of this repeated experience.

California drought—

another sprinkler

waters the sidewalk

             (written 1991, published 1992)

California drought—

dust hovering

over the raked lawn

             (written 1992/1993, published 2021)

California drought . . .

      the crack

in a wooden Buddha

             (written 1992, published 1995)

California drought—

the shape of the empty lake

behind the old dam

             (written 1993, published 1999)