Slant

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” tell it slant.

slanting rain—

the mall cellist

draws us in

             (written 2011, published 2011)

slanting sleet—

a bulldog

tenses its chain

             (written 2017, published 2021, see “Haiku Forum Haiku,” with Japanese translation)

slant of autumn sun—

her empty goldfish bowl

overturned on a spider

             (written 1999, published 2002)