Still

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” emanate from stillness.

still harbour—

the ferry waits

for a rowboat

             (written 2012, published 2017)

still heron      stills me

             (written 1998, published 2003)

still night . . .

the sound of plums

beginning to bloom

             (written 2011, published 2017)

still night—

the telephone cord

stops swinging

             (written 1994, published 1997)

still no letter—

the cedar root brighter

in September rain

             (written 2011, published 2013)

still thinking about

   that bird in the tunnel—

the radio flares back on

             (written 1997, published 2006; see “Haiku of the Day”)

still unrequited . . .

all that space

between the stars

             (written 2011, published 2019)

still water—

the blue heron

steps in the moon

             (written 1992, published 1998)

still wet from the snow

around the birdfeeder,

cranberries in my palm

             (written 2000, published 2000)