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Grey Feet (Haiku)
flurry of grey feet / leaves the snowy cage swinging / and empty of seeds // ◊ This post is written for Carpe Diem #397: Shozan-ji. ◊ Both images: Wikipedia ←◊→ Tagged: bird feeder, Carpe Diem Haiku...
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Snow Eclipse (Haiku)
evening eclipse – / snow creeps steadily higher / hiding solar lights // day of weak sunlight / suddenly bursts from its coat / of wind-blown powder // ←◊→ Tagged: haiku, night, poetry, snow, snow...
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Yuki-onna (Snow Creatures – Tanka)
delicate birch twigs / snapping in the wind become / Yuki-onna’s hair – / is it wind that numbs my face / and sweeps my footprints away? // ◊ Yuki-onna Yuki-onna (“snow woman”) is a spirit from...
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Unevenly Matched (Senryu)
unevenly matched / flesh foot walks, metal foot slides / still, I’m a pilgrim // This post (a senryū, not a haiku) is written for Carpe Diem #77: Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostela. I was amused by...
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Evening Amble (Haiku)
evening amble / leaves footprints in a sunset / between peach street lamps // ←◊→ Tagged: evening, haiku, snow, street light, winter
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Aisoyimstan (Snow Creatures- Free Verse- Momaday)
I am the breath that freezes when men speak. / I am the white mounds that shield sleeping gardens. / I am the powder that coats bare branches. / I am the drum beat of icicles melting. / I am the...
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Music in the Soul (Haibun)
December 21st – the shortest day of the year – was almost two months ago. March 20th – spring – is a month away. So why does February feel hopelessly dark, cold, and wet? Why can’t I enjoy the...
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Blooming Ice Flowers (Haiku)
blooming ice flowers / overwhelm autumn grasses / made brittle by time // Soft Rime. Wikipedia. ◊ tender leaves wither — / sewn into jagged cocoons / by icy needles // ◊ This post is written for...
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Marzanna (Snow Creatures – Tanka)
Even her essence / is swept from grey hamlets with / ribbons and green boughs. / Still, her singed and soggy hair / is danger even in death. // ◊ Not specifically a “snow creature”, Marzanna is a...
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On the Windowsill (Haiku)
on the windowsill / pairs of pale green, curling leaves / sprout in an ice storm // This post was written for Bastet’s Pixelventures. Our task was to find evidence of spring’s approach. Spring? Are...
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No Flickering Leaves (Haiku)
no flickering leaves / linger to tame the street lights / yet night feels darker // This post is written for Carpe Diem #405: Zenjibuji Temple. ←◊→ Tagged: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, darkness, haiku,...
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Four Copper Buckles (Haibun)
February is a month of memories: we walk in brown but we remember green. Every February I look forward to spring –and yet in doing so I am looking over my shoulder into the past. I know that the...
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Icy Snow-Melt Clings (Haiku Trio)
icy snow-melt clings / to fragile wine-colored leaves – / not spring, not winter // ◊ burgundy headdress / frozen translucent by ice / clings to his dark head // ◊ crawling on his gut / he drags his...
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Winter’s White Fingers (Haiku)
winter’s white fingers / rake the ancient maple’s back / yet he stands, silent // First image: mine Second image: Katsushika Hokusai. Yurei. Wikimedia. ←◊→ Tagged: bark, ghost, haiku, Katsushika...
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Scaled Arms Open Wide (Haiku)
scaled arms open wide / dogwood greets spring and winter / with equal honor // ◊ This is written in response to Carpe Diem #412: Meiseki-ji Temple, and the Buddhist concept of Emptiness – Sunyata....
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Abandoned Bird Bath (Haibun)
abandoned bird bath / caked with rotten leaves and dirt – / winter disorder // All around me hidden birds are chirping, yet I have no food or water to give them. Today is moving day, and inside the...
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1,000 Blizzards-1,000 summers (Haiga)
one thousand blizzards / swirl inside an ancient drum – / snow falls all at once // ◊ one thousand summers – / thundering memories of / green leaves and lightning // Taiko performance; drum made from...
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Sudden Purple Specks (Haiku)
sudden purple specks – / no matter how harsh the snow / the crocus returns // ◊ Agape (unconditional, all-encompassing love) was the focus of Carpe Diem #82, for which this poem was written. Both...
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Untroubled by Men (Haiga)
untroubled by men / birds have glazed the tall columns / as they sought shelter // ◊ sullen, gray and cold: / sometimes the halls of justice / don’t glimmer at all // Written for “A Lingering Look at...
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Winter Browns are Gone (Haiku)
winter browns are gone – / even the lime-green grass / is photo-worthy // ◊ flowers from the yard: / send a photo to Facebook – / better than your meal // ◊ evening walkers / coast slowly in...
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