summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
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Heather Aymer & caps

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
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Bob Reed & caps

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
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Shelley Mauer & caps

chiseled gray marble
my grandfather's
birthdate wrong
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Cindy & caps

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
siren song
of a nearing firetruck

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
ice cubes shift
in the glass of tea

This was the favorite cap because it brings a quiet sound into the poem and seems to fit the contemplative tone of losing one's self in daydream.

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
hairs of the caterpillar
with each step

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
a booming
car stereo

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
the cordless phone
my bookmark

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
a cat eating
a rabbit

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
I'd love to disconnect
the phone

summer wind
with my book on the porch
I lose my page
sweat beads drip down
a glass of lemonade

Heather Aymer & caps

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
stray cat rubs
against my leg

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
candy and children
underfoot

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
boys run into the street
for bubblegum

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
a child drops
his ice cream cone

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
dune buggies
beep

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
the girl almost forgets
her poison ivy

This was the favorite cap, because it surprises us but also takes us into an excellent sense of perspective (both literally and emotionally).

Uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on stilts
long neck
of my daughter

uncle Sam towers
over everyone
parading on silts
the child’s ice cream cone tumbles
sliding onto his feet

Bob Reed & caps

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
sawblade sits beside
the fallen tree boughs

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
motionless porch swing
empty now

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
a baseball rolls
into the street

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
cherry pie cooling
on the windowsill

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
heat waves rise
off the gold car

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
a boy hiding
with his super-soaker

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
the garage door
shut

under the car
the cat sleeps
in the shade
the little girl
drops her candy bar in the pool

None of the caps were preferred to the original haiku, because they didn't seem to add anything new or valuable beyond the original.

Shelley Mauer & caps

chiseled gray marble
my grandfather's
birthdate wrong
I straighten
the veteran's flag

chiseled gray marble
my grandfather's
birthdate wrong
church bell rings
four, five, six

Dr. Brooks liked this cap best, because it continues the content link of dates and time, and because it puts the person at the grave into a reverie about the passage of time and how we live our lives by the clock.

chiseled gray marble
my grandfather's
birthdate wrong
Mom's eyes burrow
into the stonemason

chiseled gray marble
my grandfather's
birthdate wrong
third grave
his second wife

This was Cindy's favorite cap because it is true for her grandfather (actually great grandfather). It carries the numbers focus but makes us think about the deliberate ways we plan our burials.

chiseled gray marble
my grandfather's
birthdate wrong
high schoolers smoke
behind the mausoleum

chiseled gray marble
my grandfather’s
birth date wrong
before the meeting
a stain in the new dress

Cindy & caps

the bus grunts and shutters
before it starts
long road trip
the dog licks the farmer’s
soiled hands

the bus grunts
and shutters
as it leaves
a dog licks
the farmer's hand

drinking in a bar
the ex-boyfriend stumbles in
looking for a fight
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he speaks with
great urgency
to her mirrored sunglasses
a boy cries
in the back of the police car