B Miscellany

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

baby

car

i

age

             (written 2003, published 2006; see “baby”)

back porch—

the alder shade

has reached dad’s argument

             (written 2008, published 2011; see “Branches” rengay) LINK

bar

now

l

             (written 1994, published 2003)

barred window . . .

a torn Rorschach

blows against the fence

             (written 1991, published 1992)

beach silence       i wade the wind

             (written 1994, published 2005)

bees in the heather

the quiver

of your voice

             (written 2014, published 2024)

behind bars

     bartenders

          drunk with laughter

             (written 1990, published 1991)

behind the glass

of the just-missed subway train,

a woman’s lips moving

             (written 1997, published 2000)

below the eaves,

a pulsating cobweb

as the postman passes

             (written 1994, published 2002)

bending down

for the morning paper . . .

weight of the news

             (written 2011, published 2017)

birdman—

I guide my child’s finger

on the petroglyph

             (written 2013, published 2021)

blind date—

just before dessert

the ice settles in her glass

             (written 1993, published 2020)

blowing leaves . . .

      the shiny hearse

      turns the corner

             (written 1996, published 1997)

blue horizon—

sand fleas scatter

ahead of my step

             (written 1994, published 2008)

blue zinnia—

a nectaring butterfly

perfectly still

             (written 2015, published 2023)

bookmobile day—

huckleberries bloom

along the white picket fence

             (written 2002, published 2003)

bread from the oven—

a robin flies in

through the window

             (written 1993, published 1998)

breakfast alone

slowly I eat

my melancholy

             (written 1997, published 1998)

breakup talk—

our breath mingling

in the winter air

             (written 2015, published 2023)

bridal wreath spirea

all the centerpieces

on the center table

             (written 2009, published 2010)

broken tennis racquet—

my aging father says

he won’t replace it

             (written 2003, when my dad was 74, published 2007)

burned-down house—

the sparrows have found

where the feeder was

             (written 2012, published 2017)

burning house—

leaves swirl

around the fire truck

             (written 2012, published 2023)

busy road—

a theodolite left

in spring rain

             (written 2011, published 2017)