Turning

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” keep on turning.

turning and turning

in midtown fog

the barber pole

             (written 2013, published 2017)

turning a page

of The Daily Planet,

the Valtec wind

             (written 2008, published 2008; see “Valtec” sequence)

turning off war news

we replay

the ultrasound video

             (written 2003, published 2004; see “Moving Day” sequence)

turning the first loam

with a new spade . . .

the bend in the gardener’s back

             (written 1992, published 2022; see “A Trumpeter Swan” renku)

turning the page . . .

my lamp lights

snow on the windowsill

             (written 1996, published 2017)

turn turn turn . . .

my j-stroke

to face the summer sun

             (written 2008, published 2017)