on the fringe
a vision of a bird flying
past my window
snowflakes drifting
sideways
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Category: Poetry
bone moon – – haibun
February. Browsing the blog reader I read of snowdrops and daffodils….in other places. Here, the temperature plunges to 20 below and we adjust. By late winter we know well-rehearsed adjustments: we plan departures 10 minutes early to allow time to warmup the car, I toss extra comforters everywhere, and my old ski pants re-report for duty. The trampoline rhythm of hard to soft cold is almost routine.
A significant jolt will come when temperatures stay above 5 degrees and climb higher. Metabolisms, opportunities, and menus will change in ways we may have forgotten since last spring…
bone moon time
we wash blankets and brew tea
relaxing
to house drones and trickles
the avocado grows its first leaf
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February moon is sometimes called “Bone moon” due to bone-chilling cold.
podcasts – – senryu
podcasts
I’ve learned so much
in my sleep
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mincemeat tart – – haiku
mincemeat tart
a taste from the past merges
with sorrow
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Orion – – haiku
beyond – – haiku
beyond perception . . .
feeling the spin
of the moon
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blizzard – – haiku
blizzard moon
when will my mind let go
of last year
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