new year's eve
hope crackles in the stars
awaiting the ball drop



Happy New Year's to All

Morning mist
settles over the cemetery
crows cackle from poplar trees

Bitter cold, shrouded
in silent mist - the cat waiting
for an open window.

early commute
kids on vacations
riding new bikes

Slowly
the Sun rise from bed
time - to do a days work

after five hours
of daylight, a blue moment
before winter night

winter ploughing -
a cloud of gulls
veils the sun

***

labour d'hiver -
une nuée de mouettes
voile le soleil

the old mill demolished -
moonlight tonight
in her room

tear drops fall
from a blind man's eyes-
winter rain

family holiday
not one fight this year
Christmas miracle

Winter travellers
birds from home and I, surprised
to meet-in a palm grove

after Christmas--
poinsettia petals
dropping

bins overflowing
with Christmas leftovers -
a fox slows down.

Christmas Eve morning

Christmas Eve morning
do I really need any
last minute shopping?

gerald england

...

snowy dusting fell?
lone tree awash in brightness -
street lamp's bare-bulbed glow

the autistic boy
conducts his own carols -
gulls beseeching

down the line

down the line
someone is waiting
for love

gerald england

photo © Gerald England, Brinnington Station.

walk to post office
newly opened rose
dancing in the cold

solstice -
the old cat
starts stretching

dark, wet vase-shaped trees
frozen in wild dance poses
monuments to now

blasting in
wind
first day of winter

Frost laden brushes
paint magical pictures
on winter glass

A break in the storms
California winter day
Sunroof and heater

with my stick I smash 

the moon of ice that floats

in the birdbath

football floodlights

compete with Christmas stars

and win

Sleet slices the air
I shiver in my thin coat
Presents to be bought

Solstice morning
small fire burns brightly
at a woodland altar

Preparation

Mother in Law busy
preparing Christmas
odors waving
through the house
counting the days

grey morning -
orange peel
on the pavement


***


matin de grisaille -
des pelures d'orange
sur le trottoir

eye starved for color
settles on dried cherry blooms
and a spring not yet

four days.....
I can smell Mommy's pot roast
and Christmas dip

Cathedral

Day by day
candlelight web
cathedral in its own right

abandoned
on the frosty path -
a pair of flip-flops.

Winter Tree Photo by Afraid of Ducks

the thick veins of winter trees

black and knotted

crack the sky to pieces

late commute
melon half moon
nestled in chimney

out fly two black crows -
wings beating into the white -
birthed from tree's dark loins

Dark clouds breaking
new outdoor lights
make for cheerful garden

Christmas holidays -
the teacher
wears antlers

chilly trash day
crows perching on the fence
enjoying breakfast

foggy fields
dashing -
white egrets

days past the wild storm
mighty maple limb supine
great stag's felled antler

before work
singing Christmas carols
when mopping the floor

blizzard--
deer blinks in the wind
snow-laced lashes

early dusk -
unrecognised birds flutter
in bare branches.

A wash of Prussian
blue over the grey - the sky
surly with old scores.

late commute-
huge full moon
snagged on the tree

Christmas tree's
smell of pine forest -
a stag's raised antlers

snow lantern--
lacking spark, lambent
with moonlight

crescent bowl holds night

glowing horn of plenty moon

spilling forth winter

Winter Sun

Today the sun
is made of water,
it rises faint and cold


Photo Foggy winter sunrise by Sundornvic

North wind -
the edge
of the crescent moon

***

bise matinale -
le tranchant
du croissant de lune

Noisy birds
don't let me sleep:
midnight moon

--R.K.SINGH

The sun not yet set
but the full moon rises
as if in a hurry

--R.K.SINGH

Full moon

Let down by the Sun
my old friend the Moon
visit me round the clock - almost

evening bus stop queue
people in hoodies and scarves
boarding quickly

Haiku in Dutch and Friesland

Hello All,
Henk Veenstra send me two links about haiku. Check them out.

The link for ONLINERS from FRIESLAND (Fryslân) is http://www.volkskrantblog.nl/blog/4220.

The link concerning the weblog ONderLINERS-NEDERLAND is http://www.volkskrantblog.nl/blog/7134

Greetings Henk Veenstra-The Netherlands.

soft snowfall--
calling my sister by my name
his last word

Sherbet skies crackle
with the promise of rain and
other misfortunes

late commute
half moon glistening
in frozen puddles

In New Orleans

surprise
guest -
SNOW!

Winter Dawn

pale sun rises

through winter's stained glass windows

into the vaulted sky

Photo dawn... by EnKay Tee

Even in winter
You nurture a varied life
birds, moss and fungus

at supermarket
winterberry plants
sit on the hot bar

nothing on the tree

nothing on the tree
Christmas spenders hurry
to the heated mall

Gerald England,
The Trafford Centre, Manchester, December 2008.

...

flurries--
two crows perched
on a white cross

colder days

the birds still hungry

after the seed

Christmas vacation-
counting down the days
til I see Mommy

hoarfrost petals -
the latest rose
leans

***

pétales de givre -
la dernière rose
s'incline

frozen pond--
only moon glides across
its dark glass

In December frost
the shimmering ice crystals,
coloured memories

winterscape
snowflakes sparkle inside
iced over windsield

Chill wind
cloaks the sky with dark silk
and steals breath.

A thin fog
hides the wintry moon
rising slowly

--R.K.SINGH

Every blade of grass
becomes a frozen spear -
rose petals in ice.

Across a University Campus

huffing and puffing
young men in shorts -
playing soccer

beep-beep-beep
backhoe reversing
still doing 8/29 repairs

crunch
stepping on
dry leaves in green grass

weeknd ginko
rimed lawns sparkling
in the fading moon

caught
in the skeleton branches -
the daytime moon

advent chocolates--
finding today
preempted

skating

i trip

a skater's blades

my fingers

....

christmas haiku poetry

In the silent forest
a flash of yellow gorse.
Leaves crackle.

chilly morning
Yuki* curled next to me
upon waking


*my cat

Black Lines

the lines of black bare branches,
scribbled across
a grey tent of cloud


Photo soul rising by Justin Gaurav Murgai

Entwined
under the limbs
petals

--R.K.SINGH

cold night 

the welcome sound

of your taxi door

the thistle leaf:
its own glittering
icicles

chilly night
yearning for blanket of snow
outside the window

Food for the Reindeer

Bale of hay -
waiting
on the concrete sidewalk

winter night--
unable to find
my sock's mate

Lumbering Home

Snow crunch underfoot
Frosted breath before my face
I drag the tree home

a waxing crescent
of frost around the moon
--cold, in your absence

early commute
people trimming outside tree

the back way home

the back way home
under the holly hedge
whitened leaves

© 2008, Gerald England

(Here is a re-draft of the original below, after some helpful critique by Poet in Residence)


The crystal moon
at my feet this dawn
--before the frost crackles

Crystal moon supine
briefly, at my feet this dawn;
before the frost crackles

on the rose
snow finds a fragrant
winter bed

Whiteness of the moon
and rocks howl with the wind--
December in the veins

--R.K.SINGH

Basking in the sun
files nails in garden chair
my wife's friend

--R.K.SIGH

Low-horizon sunlight -
frost dances in brief glory,
seeks oblivion.

Winter origami

Do you remember?
The papery sound of frozen
grass in our steps

* * *

Muistatko? Jäisen
nurmen paperin ääni
askelissamme

footprints
in the snow
i leave no trace


....
christmas haiku

early commute
enjoying the Christmas lights
not there yesterday

Bronzed Leaf Moonlight

bronzed leaf
swings on a still tree
silent chimes


Photo The Last Leaf by mholt

at the market
colored amaryllis
with the cut flowers

advent candles
flickering -
the wind's long journey

MOON

Full moon waves
through the branches at window--
wintry night

--R.K.SINGH

first frost -
the moon a pastel blur
behind clouds

wind

chill wind
autumn breathes
its last


----
christmas haiku poetry

in the cold
lovers kiss:
scarves of breath

Frost laces lavender
with frills on tenacious leaves -
old before their time.

White mittens

This is from a friend:

Trees have taken off
their white mittens, waving
their light branches

through the hail
holly berries
lighting a path

Ground frost sparkles
on discarded beer tin -
roadside artistry.

First day of winter

In this dark morning
Street lamps reveals frozen leaves
first day of winter

Her visit--
a transient painting
on holiday's floor

--R.K.SINGH

Veiling her breasts
with the season's first snows--
the hill blushes

--R.K.SINGH

dusting of snow--
lifting my child to place
the faded angel

Welcome to winter haiku 2008/2009!!

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