new year’s party
the disco ball glows
with corona spikes
.
.
winter grey
the drone of
COVID stats
.
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©️2021 Ontheland
new year’s party
the disco ball glows
with corona spikes
.
.
winter grey
the drone of
COVID stats
.
.
©️2021 Ontheland
The other day I was towelling off after a shower when I noticed a shape at the window. I lifted the curtain and there before me was a white hen. She had clearly wandered from someone’s coop. With a gaze, both casual and intense, she pecked at the glass as if she wanted to come in. Though unsuccessful in finding her owner, we found a family willing to add her to their flock.
.
.
winter night
I wonder about
the visiting hen
.
.
©️2021 Ontheland
snowflakes
in a blinding storm
we find each other
.
.
Seasons of Love: Rent Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
©️2021 Ontheland
cold moon
a warm colour rising
above the trees
.
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©️2020 Ontheland
Haikai Challenge #171 – Cold Moon
Yes, this haiku was posted two hours before the prompt. Perhaps I am becoming psychic 😉 May 2021 be a better year for us all.
Last night, December 21, 2020, was the night of a rare astronomical event. Some were calling it the ‘Christmas Star’ or ‘Solstice Star’ but neither description is quite right as the ‘Great Conjunction’ refers to the alignment of two planets, Jupiter and Saturn. They were to be bright lights in the southwestern sky near the moon. One writeup compared their brightness to the star followed by the three Wise Men thousands of years ago.
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my winter solstice . . .
moon and stars
cloaked by clouds
.
Though not a surprise after a day of rain, it was a disappointment. Today the sun has returned. Perhaps I will see Saturn and Jupiter tonight.
©️2020 Ontheland
shimmer of hope
in the afterglow
crescent moon
.
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©️2020 Ontheland
last moon
inching toward fullness
this year’s legacy
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©️2020 Ontheland
new moon
in dark December
a frozen vaccine
.
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©️2020 Ontheland
glimpses of light
amid drifting clouds
an end in sight
.
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©️2020 Ontheland
cotton batten sky
the sapphire brooch
forgotten
.
.
©️2020 Ontheland
Aside: ‘cotton batten’ rolls off my tongue, but my Canadian Oxford tells me that a more common North American version (especially outside Canada) is ‘cotton batting’.