Sun

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” mostly shine brightly.

sundog—

the toboggan’s pull rope

shiny at the bend

             (written 2007, published 2020)

sun on my cheek—

I pick a letter from the mail

to open last

             (written 2013, published 2016)

sun on the kitchen table:

the last jar

                   of plum preserves

             (written 1995, published 1998; see “For a Moment,” in which this poem also appeared in 2009)

sun on the rain spout—

       shadows

from peeling paint

             (written 1992, published 1994)

sun on the sidewalk

    in front of the bungalow

          where you used to live

             (written 2014, published 2022)

sun through the rain . . .

a fox is getting married

in my dream

             (written 2012, published 2017)       +

sun-warmed park bench—

a blind man

touches his watch

             (written 2013, published 2023)