L Miscellany

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

larger

           than the baby’s coffin

the box of flowers

             (written 2013, published 2022)

lavender festival—

no more snow

on the distant mountain

             (written 2015, published 2024)

layoff—

the weight of the box

carried to the car

             (written 2001, published 2015)

leaping up from my chair—

        the telephone ringing

        on television

             (written 1995, published 2000)

leash on a nail—

snowmelt

in the dog dish

             (written 1993, published 1995)

leaving home . . .

winter sky

in my daughter’s eyes

             (written 2010, published 2012; see “From The Sleepless Planet”)

leaving you at the airport

   coins shift

   in the coin holder

             (written 2000/2004, published 2020)

left out for the dog

by the homeless shelter

a bowl of chili

             (written 1993, published 1998)

lighter snow blown away,

old snowshoe tracks

melt last

             (written 1992, published 1993)

lightning again

silhouetting

the castle keep

             (written 2019, published 2020; see “Lilt of the Skylark” renku)

lit up for Christmas

at the bed-and-breakfast

beachfront palms

             (written 1993, published 1995)

long curve of the interstate—

the light through my sunroof

crosses the dash

             (written 1999, published 2002; compare with “mountain road— / the moonlight slides / across the dashboard,” written in 2011)

long day—

the shadows of salt grains

on the café table

             (written 2010, published 2017)

long drive home—

the sleeping baby’s

pulsing neck

             (written 1996, published 2001)

lost-dog poster—

a Dudley Carter totem

rotting in the rain

             (written 2014, published 2024; learn more about Dudley Carter)

lovedone

             (written 1993, published 2003)

lynx tracks

around and around

the lynx carcass

             (written 1993, published 2005)