Index Card Essays

As part of my extensive “Haiku from Index Cards” pages, I’ve written short essays for each published poem that comes first in my index card boxes for each letter of the alphabet, saying something about that poem’s background and publication history, plus commentary, complete with a photo of the index cards for each poem. I’ve also written a couple of bonus essays, and one more about the last poem in my index card boxes. These essays offer a behind-the-scenes view into my publication process, with additional observations along the way. Here are all the essays.

• A Baked Potato (with four poems)

• Baby Asleep (with one poem)

• Cabbage Butterflies (with one poem)

• Dad in Hospice (with one poem)

• Early Frost (with two poems)

• Early Morning Walk (bonus essay, with one poem)

• Faded Hopscotch Chalk (with one poem)

• Gabriola Grass (with one poem)

• Haiku Poet’s New Car (with one poem)

• Ice Cream (with one poem)

• January 2nd (with one poem)

• Kachina Dolls (with one poem)

• Lakeshore Bonfire (with one poem)

• Magnolia Dreams (with one poem)

• Meteor Shower (bonus essay, with one poem, timeline, and location photos)

• Nagasaki Blossoms (with two poems)

• Oak Shadows (with one poem)

• Pages of a Letter (with one poem)

• Quarantine (with one poem)

• Race Day (with one poem)

• Safeway Entrance (with one poem)

• Tailgate Party (with one poem)

• Ultrasound Picture (with one poem)

• Vacant Lot (with one poem)

• Wafted by the Breeze (with one poem)

• X-ray of the Dog’s Hip (with one poem)

• Yard Sale (with two poems)

• Zane Grey (with one poem)

• Zoom Reunion (with one poem and concluding thoughts)

See also “Paperclip Poems” and “Seasonal Haiku.”