day’s end
a golden space within
the cumbrous clouds
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Tag: winter
on the fringe – – tanka
on the fringe
a vision of a bird flying
past my window
snowflakes drifting
sideways
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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.
Orion – – haiku
blizzard – – haiku
blizzard moon
when will my mind let go
of last year
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wooden fingers – – haiku
wooden fingers
a round of happy birthday
for each wash
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*to combat colds and flu we are advised to wash hands often and as long as it takes to sing a round of Happy Birthday
Image uploaded to Pixabay by ArtTower
snowflakes – – haiku
snowflakes
dropping faster now
only the bird feeder
swings sideways…spun
by an invisible hand
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midday sun – – haiku
midday sun
even in a fog of flu
the snow sparkles
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in the flow – – haiku
in the flow
frozen trees chirping
the passage of time
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Bird activity is increasing as we enter the lunar new year. The Haikai Challenge takes up a traditional kigo “first sparrows twittering”. I am not sure that we have sparrows around here, but there are certainly more voices rising from the woods.
a flock – – haiku
a flock of robins
on the snow-laden tree
a flurry of wings
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