I Miscellany

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

ice storm—

branches bowing

over an empty road

             (written 2010, published 2020)

icicles

still

the

chimes

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

I hesitate to turn

the novel’s last page . . .

endless drizzle

             (written 2019, published 2020)

in and out

      of wind chimes—

            freeway sound

             (written 1990, published 1991)

incoming ferry—

the spring rainbow quickly fades

over the harbour

             (written 1998, published 2002)

incoming tide—

summer ends

with a sandcastle

             (written 2015, published 2022)

indigo sky—

there must be 14 or 15

cumulus clouds

             (written 2003, published 2007; see “14 or 15 Combs”)

         in front o         f the house

where the pre         schooler lives

    all the earth    worms cut in half

             (written 1992, published 1995)

in front of the old couple’s house  a pair of snow angels

             (written 2010, published 2016; see the “Between Night Hills” renku)

in mother’s garden

       first flakes

 fall on the sundial

             (written 1992, published 1994)

in my child’s upheld palm

a small wonder

             (written 2007, published 2008; see “Small Wonders” rengay)

inner harbour

the fog lifts

my spirit

             (written 2012, published 2017)

insisting

he’s not being bullied

the black-eyed boy

             (written 2013, published 2023)

insurance denies

more physical therapy . . .

turning leaves

             (written 2021, published 2022)

in the breeze

of an ambulance

a nodding iris

             (written 2011, published 2018)

in the burning house

   the telephone

      rings once

             (written 1995, published 1998; in 1992 I also wrote “gusting autumn wind— / the telephone ringing / in the burning house,” published in 1995)

into the blue

       of moonlight

              pasque flower bud

             (written 1990, published 1997)

into the fog

half

a redwood

             (written 1990, published 1990)

into the woods

   sunlight

         and hunters

             (written 1990, published 1991)

I turn

hearing the stream

the trail turns too

             (written 1990, published 1990)