Footnote
In college, I took a course on the Old Testament. The professor could read seventeen dead Near Eastern languages and talk about Sir Izaak Walton and fly fishing for hours. He encouraged his students to get lost in the footnotes. I’m still trying to find my way out.
late shift
the endless expanse
of the parking lot
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Bob Lucky
Bob Lucky is the author of Careful Not to Startle the Yaks (Cyberwit, 2025) My Wife & Other Adventures (Red Moon Press, 2024), My Theology: Not Always True But Always Truth (Cyberwit, 2019), Conversation Starters in a Language No One Speaks (SurVision Books, 2018), a winner of the James Tate Poetry Prize 2018, and Ethiopian Time (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014). He lives in Portugal.
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Very evocative memories that set off some of my own younger days. And then comes
“the endless expanse
of the parking lot”
trailing off into an endless future.
Thanks!
I like everything about this haibun very much, except the title. It repeats in the key line of the prose and that is a detraction. I’ve taken up with the approach of using title, prose, and haiku to all slant away from each other with only a subtle connection. This makes it more interesting. I love the haiku in relation to the prose.
the in and the out and the in and the possible out
Consummate Lucky
Love it!
Just love this haibun.
Too good, Bob
haibun of the year.
– T56
Love this!
Excellent, Bob! I especially like the way the meaning of the title changes after the haiku!
Sincere thanks to everyone for the kind words.
Good one! I’ve always liked your sense of humour, Bob.