Shooting Star

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” all feature meteors.

shooting star—

making a wish

at the planetarium

             (written 1994, published 1999)

shooting star—

my child asks

where God came from

             (written 2014, published 2023)

shooting star

       shouting

              shooting star

             (written 2000, published 2003; see “Cabinet of Curiosities” sequence)