solstice -
the old cat
starts stretching
Monday, December 22, 2008
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Winter Haiku 2008/2009
A little bit about Winter Haiku 2008/2009
To be invited to this blog or to continue being a contributor, send your:your email addressyour nom de plumea link to your blog or websiteto Steve at songofnovember@gmail.com
If you participated in the previous seasonal blog, and all the information is the same, just let Steve know that fact.If you don't receive an invitation, check your TRASH or BULK or SPAM mailbox, in case the invitation ended up in those folders.You will need to register with Blogger in order to contribute to the blog. You can register with your email address; you don't need to get a gmail address.
RULESThis blog is open to all haiku poets! Please submit your FAMILY-FRIENDLY haiku, senryu, tanka, haiga, or haibun.You can also submit photos or drawings to enhance our experience of reading your one-breath thoughts!Artwork or photographs should be the original work of the contributor. If not, it is the contributor's responsibility to ensure that they have permission to use the work.ALL POSTS WILL BE BOLD AND IN (you decide the color). If you decide to use another color, please make sure that your text doesn't disappear into the background.The only requirement for posting is that there should be an WINTER theme.Postings/day: 3 maximum.
If you participated in the previous seasonal blog, and all the information is the same, just let Steve know that fact.If you don't receive an invitation, check your TRASH or BULK or SPAM mailbox, in case the invitation ended up in those folders.You will need to register with Blogger in order to contribute to the blog. You can register with your email address; you don't need to get a gmail address.
RULESThis blog is open to all haiku poets! Please submit your FAMILY-FRIENDLY haiku, senryu, tanka, haiga, or haibun.You can also submit photos or drawings to enhance our experience of reading your one-breath thoughts!Artwork or photographs should be the original work of the contributor. If not, it is the contributor's responsibility to ensure that they have permission to use the work.ALL POSTS WILL BE BOLD AND IN (you decide the color). If you decide to use another color, please make sure that your text doesn't disappear into the background.The only requirement for posting is that there should be an WINTER theme.Postings/day: 3 maximum.
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December
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- new year's evehope crackles in the starsawaiting t...
- Morning mistsettles over the cemeterycrows cackle ...
- Bitter cold, shroudedin silent mist - the cat wait...
- early commutekids on vacationsriding new bikes
- Slowlythe Sun rise from bedtime - to do a days work
- after five hoursof daylight, a blue momentbefore w...
- winter ploughing -a cloud of gullsveils the sun***...
- the old mill demolished -moonlight tonightin her ...
- tear drops fallfrom a blind man's eyes-winter rain
- family holidaynot one fight this yearChristmas mir...
- Winter travellersbirds from home and I, surprisedt...
- after Christmas--poinsettia petalsdropping
- bins overflowingwith Christmas leftovers -a fox sl...
- Christmas Eve morning
- snowy dusting fell?lone tree awash in brightness -...
- the autistic boyconducts his own carols -gulls be...
- down the line
- walk to post officenewly opened rosedancing in the...
- solstice -the old catstarts stretching
- dark, wet vase-shaped treesfrozen in wild dance po...
- blasting inwindfirst day of winter
- Frost laden brushespaint magical pictureson winter...
- A break in the stormsCalifornia winter daySunroof ...
- with my stick I smash the moon of ice that floatsi...
- Sleet slices the airI shiver in my thin coatPresen...
- Solstice morningsmall fire burns brightlyat a wood...
- Preparation
- grey morning -orange peelon the pavement***matin d...
- eye starved for colorsettles on dried cherry bloom...
- four days.....I can smell Mommy's pot roastand Chr...
- Cathedral
- abandonedon the frosty path -a pair of flip-flops.
- Winter Tree Photo by Afraid of Ducks
- late commutemelon half moonnestled in chimney
- out fly two black crows -wings beating into the wh...
- Dark clouds breakingnew outdoor lightsmake for che...
- Christmas holidays -the teacherwears antlers
- chilly trash daycrows perching on the fenceenjoyin...
- foggy fieldsdashing -white egrets
- days past the wild stormmighty maple limb supinegr...
- before worksinging Christmas carolswhen mopping th...
- blizzard--deer blinks in the windsnow-laced lashes
- early dusk -unrecognised birds flutterin bare bran...
- A wash of Prussianblue over the grey - the skysurl...
- late commute-huge full moonsnagged on the tree
- Christmas tree'ssmell of pine forest -a stag's rai...
- snow lantern--lacking spark, lambentwith moonlight
- crescent bowl holds nightglowing horn of plenty mo...
- Winter Sun
- North wind -the edgeof the crescent moon***bise ma...
- Noisy birdsdon't let me sleep:midnight moon--R.K.S...
- The sun not yet setbut the full moon risesas if in...
- Full moon
- evening bus stop queuepeople in hoodies and scarve...
- Haiku in Dutch and Friesland
- soft snowfall--calling my sister by my namehis las...
- Sherbet skies cracklewith the promise of rain ando...
- late commutehalf moon glisteningin frozen puddles
- In New Orleans
- Winter Dawn
- Even in winterYou nurture a varied lifebirds, moss...
- at supermarketwinterberry plantssit on the hot bar
- nothing on the tree
- flurries--two crows perchedon a white cross
- colder days the birds still hungry after the seed
- Christmas vacation-counting down the daystil I see...
- hoarfrost petals -the latest roseleans***pétales d...
- frozen pond--only moon glides acrossits dark glass
- In December frostthe shimmering ice crystals,colou...
- winterscapesnowflakes sparkle insideiced over wind...
- Chill windcloaks the sky with dark silkand steals ...
- A thin foghides the wintry moonrising slowly--R.K....
- Every blade of grassbecomes a frozen spear -rose p...
- Across a University Campus
- weeknd ginkorimed lawns sparklingin the fading moon
- caughtin the skeleton branches -the daytime moon
- advent chocolates--finding todaypreempted
- skating
- In the silent foresta flash of yellow gorse.Leaves...
- chilly morningYuki* curled next to meupon waking*m...
- Black Lines
- Entwinedunder the limbspetals--R.K.SINGH
- cold night the welcome soundof your taxi door
- the thistle leaf:its own glitteringicicles
- chilly nightyearning for blanket of snowoutside th...
- Food for the Reindeer
- winter night--unable to findmy sock's mate
- Lumbering Home
- a waxing crescentof frost around the moon--cold, i...
- early commutepeople trimming outside tree
- the back way home
- (Here is a re-draft of the original below, after ...
- on the rosesnow finds a fragrantwinter bed
- Whiteness of the moonand rocks howl with the wind-...
- Basking in the sunfiles nails in garden chairmy wi...
- Low-horizon sunlight -frost dances in brief glory,...
- Winter origami
- footprintsin the snowi leave no trace....christmas...
- early commuteenjoying the Christmas lightsnot ther...
- Bronzed Leaf Moonlight
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3 comments:
great metaphor.
wonderful! ;-)
all my best,
Alan
With Words
Great one.
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