Winter is over

Hello Poets,

Well, as least in our Haiku world.



It's almost midnight in the UK, so I am closing this blog.



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Isabel

comet lulin

the green comet
passed-by last night
behind clouds

winter – cling to life

deep breath of electric air

cross to Anelka…

sparrows sit
touching heads -
Spring inches in

Shrove Tuesday
latest posts
on Winter Haiku

***

Mardi Gras -
derniers messages
sur Winter Haiku

rake … brown leaves … a ball

our last Fall day together

preserved under snow

Morning shivers on
the way to school. Coats pulled tight,
head bowed as in prayer.

wild water

wild water crashes over the edge of winter rock unyielding

words: mandy smith
photo: phill deason
© 2009

mountainside forest

snow shaken from bough –

echo of axe

garden
full of the sea's roar -
the crow's nest sways

below a pale sun
people squelch here
and there through slush

stars gleam
dewdrops
on a spun sky

Snowman moved
tired of this non-winter
Antarctica

knowing I've lived
through another winter-
quiet victory

returning road -
fresh snow
filled my steps

***

chemin de retour -
la neige fraîche
a comblé mes pas


New : pages with my haiku in english on "Haïkus au fil des jours"
http://haikus-au-fil-des-jours.wifeo.com/haikus-en-anglais-in-english.php

during the fourth watch
cold air seeps through the windows
and brushes my ear

cold front

all night long she moans -
emptiness pregnant with sound
emptiness barren

in the night watches
frozen moon crosses window
drone of the clock

dark clouds roll away -
a crow drinks
from glittering tractor-tracks

through the window-
snow dances on the river
birds swooping down low

Under the surface
a rebel hidden
a vivid spring

during crazy day
outside the office window
fat cat just chillin'

bright line, connecting
me to your hospital bed
jet stream etch-a-sketch

the snow is too deep
for the pot-bellied pigs
but not too deep
for the children
standing on the swings

early shift-
stars fading into sun light
during the first break

from highest branches
crows' great commotion:
Spring approaching?

Announcement

The SPRING HAIKU BLOG begins on the 25th February

2009, for further information see here ....................

Note from Isabel: Beatrice is now setting up everything. She might not have time to respond to your email to join.

There will be an announcement here on this blog, when Beatrice is ready to send out the invitation to blog.

This winter blog closes down on the 24th.

Beatrice is doing a great job to organize things and Pat will be writing some posts also and act as the comment/spam reader.

valentine's day breakfast

hard-boiled egg
with yellow roses
- spring is on the way

babysitting for friends-
pitbull curls up with me on couch
during the news

thaw -
the rustle of water
invades the night

***

dégel -
le murmure de l'eau
envahit la nuit

first light
baking cheesecake for friend's child
licking the beaters

through quickening clouds
night orb's cold unyielding gaze
fixing winter fast

blustery morning-
tree branches stuck in fences
trash cans roll in alley

first pale shoots--
whisking the matcha
to a jade froth

snow on the apple tree -
warm in their buds
the apples

A coy winter sun

looks on, through naked branches

-a veiled promise

early commute
last of packed ice berm
melts into runoff

snow has thawed

snow has thawed
over the recreation ground
boots trample through mud

© 2009, Gerald England

zen garden
covered with snow:
zen garden

Winter Dawn

in the hollows,
where frost and mist are thickest,
the dregs of night


www.conjuringsunlight.blogspot.com

Photo Winter in the Park by David Chare

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dchare/2273478209/

Snowmelt brings a false
sense of security
and an ankle twisted.

white winds
buffet from all angles
an icy path

crow back home
in the tree
shakes off his white cap

bird hops in circles
atop traffic camera
before roosting

Sunday at Lake Pontchartrain

racing
white gulls gliding for shrimp
white sailed boats

heading for the seawall
and turning around
aqua ducks

blue sail - white center
from distance - miracle
Virgin Mary

Flag of no nation

sundown's banner
seen through bare trees -
orange blue pink

overnight:
the park full
of abandoned snowmen

Awake, wondering,
whether you are asleep, somewhere
out there, full moon

* * *

Valvon ja mietin,
nukutko siellä, kaukana
jossain, täysikuu

winter blahs-
my salary frozen this year
at least there's a job

stooped arthritic tree
wrapped in vines against the wind
pale moon smiles coolly

Thrush and sparrow
unseen in naked hedgerow.
Ice crunches underfoot.

The stillness of cold
air, turning snow to dark ice --
birds under bushes.

top of the hill -
alone between setting sun
and rising moon

***

sommet de la butte -
seul entre soleil couchant
et lune montante

Snow Melting

across the fields
the remains of snowmen -
abandoned megaliths

www.conjuringsunlight.com

Photograph Snow Melting by Michele Morgan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonclouds/3255524246/

spring thaw--
an old friend and I
make amends

Starbuck run today
being glad for heavy coat
for later commute

finally sun--
the icicle's persistent
rhythmic drip

Wet in wet
clouds in treetop levels
an excuse for winter weather

frigid morning
lightly holding steering wheel
until first red light

natural artist:
bare birch tree inks in shadows
across its scrolled skin

whirling flakes of snow
mute every sound; cover
the world in beauty.

fist light
last night's dusting of snow
melts into morning dew

the door opened
and down they fell -
all the christmas cards

crippled
he whistles in the snow
pretends his sticks are ski poles

morning errands
seeing the snow line
while heading north

Gentle white flakes float
Around the barking dog sound
Gathering numbers.

Basset in the snow--
Patchwork of brown, black and white
Howling at the sky.

cold front--
in the busker's guitar case
five copper coins

this sweet morning
the world is freshly dusted
with powdered sugar

hiding place...

another nut
on a snowy branch
gently tucked away by crow

Still snowing

through the night suburbs
we slept on a pillow of snow
that fell soft and delicate, down

Photo Still snowing by GothPhil www.flickr.com/photos/phil_p/3245948000/

Haiku by David Loffman www.conjuringsunlight.com

snow-covered fields -
gull
lit from below

late commute
snow dancing in the streetlights
taking the scenic route

the mid-winter thaw –

hear birdsong and see neighbors

this one afternoon

ice patch on boulder –

gentle nephew of him who

left her in that spot

pulling plump package
over ice, tug slackens
son's smile gliding by

tangled undergrowth -
forgotten clumps of old hair
caught in nature's brush

first fall

a gull
struggles against high winds -
the clatter of hail

18C (65F)

on the lake -
white sails
clear sky

1° Celsius

Trees rustle
on with hat
white curtain falls

Streams trickle
distant click-clack
of falling stones

the old pine:
one green shadow
on the stream

-27,4 °C

This white-cold sun,
breath freezing on eyelashes -
gifts from Siberia

* * *

Valkoinen säihke,
hengitys jäänä ripsissä -
Siperian tuomiset

upon still waters
this rustic boat
rides its reflection

Snowflake here and there
through the garden
slowly floating