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Iris Snow (Līgo Haibun Challenge)
Early plows spent the night clearing our lonely streets of snow. All night I heard their blades scraping the pavement. It was a constant background noise that kept me awake and anxious. With snow no...
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Ginkgo Owl (Haiku)
Owl tests the cold wind / that shreds the last ginkgo leaves – / masterful balance // Ohara Koson. Owl on Gingko Branch, c. 1915. Wikipaintings. ←◊→ Tagged: ginkgo biloba, haiku, nature, Ohara Koson,...
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Winter Rose (Haiku)
Under winter wrap / tender rose leaf is curling / round a thorny trunk // JJ Harrison. Rose Prickles, Wikipedia. ◊ This post is written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai; the music prompt is “Circle of Life”...
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Tango with Aurora (Ligo Haibun Challenge)
At long last, the cupola is open. Seven small windows provide my only view from the International Space Station to Earth – from office to home. Seven small windows link me to everyone I’ve ever...
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Enchanted Forest (Ya-Du)
Into darkness / our cars press on – / mud, mess, tension – / children shun sleep – / day done, winter done: now on to spring we creep // Vole explains the Ya-Du as follows: 1, 2, or 3 stanzas, each...
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Amber Lamplight (Haibun)
It is a winter evening, clear and cold, and a fine, invisible mist is freezing to the bricks beneath my feet. The walking is treacherous, more so since the warm yellow light is misleading. It speaks...
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Still and Silent Sky (Haiku)
Still and silent sky – / chain links are packed with wet snow / and entombed in ice // Benson Kua. Empty Swing. Wikimedia. ◊ This haiku is written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai; #71. Our task was to...
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Five Gargoyles (Ligo Haibun)
The flower beds are full of week-old ice that is slowly being devoured by slush. It’s the type of ice that you find in suburban parking lots after a cycle of thawing and freezing – grimy on top and...
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Summer in the City (Tanka)
No breeze to dry the / sweat in the small of my back / or soothe hot concrete. / I’m trudging in slow motion – / wishing for January // Shulman’s Market, Washington, DC. Wikimedia. ◊ The Lovin’...
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Shooting Star (Haiku)
a shooting star – / an instant in the winter night – / icicle in flight // Asim Patel. Geminids Meteor Shower in Northern Hemisphere. Wikimedia. ◊ This poem is written for Carpe Diem’s “Only the First...
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Rabbits in Winter (Haiku)
alert, hare listens – / white sides soften her outline / in the patchy snow // nostrils steam faintly – / rabbit rests under cedar / in a nest of down // ◊ I modified the second haiku slightly – in...
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Empty (Haiku)
sky empties itself / to create the blue snowbank – / cornflower winter // This post is written for Carpe Diem #391, Dainichji-ji. All images: Wikipedia. ←◊→ Tagged: blue, Carpe Diem Haiku Kai,...
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Wolf Feet (Haibun)
It is morning, and a mottled brown dog pads under the snowy cedars. She is a short, nondescript terrier blend – a pound puppy, a mix, a mutt. Yet, somewhere, hidden deep in her DNA, her body...
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Snow Serpent (Haiku)
•~•~• over crusted snow / sharp sleet crackles and hisses – / serpent scales falling // •~•~• •~•~• Tagged: haiku, poetry, serpent, sleet, snow, winter
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Road Trip (Haiku)
break in the weather – / at last, free from the cabin – / best winter road trip // happy energy / gives wings to my snowy feet – / simple joy in song // This post is written for Bastet’s...
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Chickadee (Haiku)
chickadee dodges / as snow slips from green branches – / rings in the bird bath / Carolina Chickadee. Wikipedia. ◊ We live right on the line – where Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees meet and – um...
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Winter is Painting (Haiku)
winter is painting / with its needled fingertips / under the tall pines // This post is written in response to Carpe Diem #76: The Way of St. James. Our task was to look at creation through the eyes of...
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Dogwood (Haiku)
imprisoned in ice / the dogwood’s veins flow with sap / under cold wren feet // This post is written for Carpe Diem’s Use that Quote#3: Mahatma Gandhi. The quote is: “You can chain me, you can...
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Stormy Orange Glow (Haiku)
stormy orange glow – / hard-packed snow reflects street lights’ / unending sunset // The Old Church Park in Helsinki, Finland. Wikipedia. ←◊→ Tagged: finland, haiku, orange, poetry, snow, street...
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Moths (Haiku)
twilight pilgrimage – / swirling with a cloud of moths / drawn to a warm light // White plume moth. Wikimedia. ◊ This post was written for Bastet’s Pixelventures and for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Georgia...
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