Summer Stillness

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” may be the calm before the storm.

summer stillness—

a bamboo leaf

on the turtle’s back

             (written 1991, published 1993)

summer stillness—

      a blade of fresh-cut grass

            unbends

             (written 1990, published 1991)

summer stillness—

the sheen of moonlight

on a dragonfly’s tail

             (written 1991, published 1997)