Reds

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” hopefully won’t have you seeing red.

redeye flight—

I erase the Sudoku

and start again

             (written 2013, published 2023; see “Seeing Red” solo rengay)

red in the face

the twelfth juror

at the obscenity hearing

             (written 2014, published 2014; see “Painting the Town” solo rengay)

red leaves falling . . .

grandfather’s oak

shades the sundial

             (written 1992/1993, published 1993)

red-light district—

a cigarette tapped

in the shadow

             (written 1994, published 2000)

red peppers in a bowl—

the street-fair artist

remixes her paint

             (written 1996, published 2001)

red skies at night—

I still get all the news I need

on the weather report

             (written 2014, published 2014; see “Painting the Town” solo rengay)

redtwig dogwoods

the neighbour boy with a bat

feigning innocence

             (written 2009, published 2010)

redwood wind

and a rushing stream—

one sound

             (written 1990, published 1990)