Neap Tide

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” are about the tides that occur when there’s the least difference between high and low water.

neap tide—

a frond of kelp bladders

already popped

             (written 1999, published 2001)

neap tide . . .

kite string caught

in the stingray’s teeth

             (written 2006, published 2006)

neap tide

       the rock we thought

              was a whale

             (written 1992, published 2001)