October

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” are all for fall.

October afternoon—

the sound of an oak leaf

falling through branches

             (written 1992, published 1995)

October chill . . .

      the scarecrow’s

            buttoned-up shirt

             (written 1990, published 1993; compare with “midsummer dawn / the scarecrow’s / unbuttoned shirt,” written the same day)

October colours—

a penny shimmers

in the wishing well

             (written 2009, published 2009; for Penny Harter)