Rumours

The following “Haiku from Index Cards” all begin with rumours.

rumours of bears—

an elderberry clump

fallen to the trail

             (written 2013, published 2013)

rumours of blossom . . .

the shadow of my glasses

resting on a book

             (written 2024, published 2024)

rumours of orcas—

a blood-red moon

over the sound

             (written 2018, published 2019)

rumours of war—

      the hoot owl

            silent

             (date written unrecorded, but prior to April 1991, published 1991; see “From The Gulf Within”)