Indian Summer

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” speak of that time of year when summer seems to return with a second wind of warmth in early autumn.

Indian summer—

a sprinkler soaks

the parked convertible

             (written 2011, published 2016)

Indian summer

      missing

the smell of rain

             (written 1989, published 1990)

Indian summer—

the farmer’s windmill

turning backwards

             (written 2003, published 2006)

Indian summer—

the way your tossed-off sandals

lean against each other

             (written 1994, published 1997)