Lingering

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” all begin with “lingering.”

lingering dew . . .

a spider web

across the knothole

             (written 1991, published 1992)

lingering handshake—

the pulse

in our fingers

             (written 1999, published 2001; this poem won grand prize at the 1999 Haiku North America haiku contest, netting me a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica in its heirloom binding, valued at $1,250, which works out to $171.43 per word for my poem; see “Holiday Haiku”)

lingering sunset—

mown grass blown in a line

along the shed wall

             (written 2000, published 2005)

lingering sun—

the farmer’s market peppers

redder and greener

             (written 2014, published 2015; see “Sammamish Haiku”)

lingering winter—

dad’s death

deep in my bones

             (written 2014, published 2023)