Funeral’s End

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” take me back to funerals I’ve attended over the years. See also “Into a Roiling Sea.”

funeral’s end—

a whisper passed

from ear to ear

             (written 2013, published 2020)

funeral’s end—

my reflection missing

in the frozen puddle

             (written 2014, published 2021; see “Buried” sequence)

funeral’s end

the meaning

of rain

             (written 2011, published 2013)