Summer Solstice

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” take place on the longest day.

summer solstice—

a bamboo leaf

fits a cobblestone’s curve

             (written 1991, published 1993)

summer solstice—

a rack full of hats

at the barbershop

             (written 1992, published 1999; see “Too Busy for Spring”)

summer solstice—

how faint the twittering

in the neighbour’s hedge

             (written 1994, published 1998)

summer solstice—

two boys sharing a pair

of rollerblades

             (written 1991, published 1994)