Sunbreak

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” featuring a term common the Pacific Northwest.       +

sunbreak . . .

a crème brûlée

between us

             (written 2019, published 2021)

sunbreak—

    the dry spot

on the shopping cart seat

             (written 2002, published 2006)

sunbreak—

the silence after her poem

about silence

             (written 2010, published 2011)

sunbreak—

the weatherman’s tie

a brighter colour

             (written 2013, published 2013)

sunbreak—

the widow skips

her first stone

             (written 2009, published 2009; for Penny Harter)