Summer Sun

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” offer the brightest sunlight.

summer sun—

she calls to tell me

of her son’s promotion

             (written 2013, published 2024)

summer sun . . .

the only parkbench

wet with paint

             (written 1990, published 1991; see “Blocked by Clouds” sequence)

summer sun

the shape of the wake

behind the rowboat

             (written 1992, published 2007)