Y Miscellany

The following miscellaneous “Haiku from Index Cards” all start with the letter Y.

year of the armadillo—

my daughter’s zodiac

in crayon

             (written 2014, published 2022)

year of the dragon—

the snow on her grave

a long way from melting

             (written 2011, published 2012; see also my “Shēngxiào / 生肖” sequence for other zodiac poems)

year of the snake—

hole in the shōji

now mended

             (written 2001, near Kuwana, Japan, published 2015; see “The Mended Shōji” sequence)

year’s end—

the sky’s song

growing quiet

             (written 2010, published 2017)

yellow fawn lily

a stone on the trail

not from here

             (written 2009, published 2020)

yellow streak—

again I fail

to introduce myself

             (written 2014, published 2014; see “Yellow Streak” solo rengay)

Yosemite stars—

if only there were fireflies

to go with the view

             (written 2020, published 2021)

you squeeze my hand . . .

how still the sky

after fireworks

             (written 1992, published 1992; see “A Haiku Handful”)

Y2K—

a little before midnight

I wind the heirloom clock

             (written 30 December 1999, published 2000; see “Treadmill” sequence)