Small Town

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” manage to escape the big city.

small town—

a little yellow journalism

goes a long way

             (written 2014, published 2014; see “Yellow Streak” solo rengay)

small-town diner—

      the young widow

            opens her mail

             (written 1991, published 1991; see “Haiku of the Day”)

small-town market—

before me and after me

the patrons greeted by name

             (written 2017, published 2018; written about La Honda, California; see “Camp Glenwood” haibun)

small-town museum—

the green-beret’s dogtag

with a bullet hole

             (written 2014, published 2014; see “Green Flash” solo rengay)