I marvel at winter’s bird
dance on the snow for me absurd
weightless they walk in worst blizzard
I marvel at winter’s bird
light like a feather or whispered word
I marvel at winter’s bird
my snow dance more cold than absurd
The bird’s out in the worst of today’s storm inspired me to shovel a path. “Less work for tomorrow.”
Stay warm and safe you who share something in common with “Winter’s Bird.”
coldest day of the year –
the moon lifts the tide
to overflowing
© Hoshika Katsumi
awaiting the storm
weather predictions chill me
glad you’re home
The Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is Great Cold in our “classic meets modern” month of wonderful prompts.
after the snow
Mt. Fuji soars
into the clear skies
© Shinya Ogata
See through glass
awakening of winter
perfect clarity
Cold nose
oxygen molecules filled
breath deep
The prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai was “Clear Sky after snow.”
Photos of last January flow
Sun shines on white crystals
Pulling on boots and gloves
The shovel groans
“It’s too cold. Can’t we wait?”
I look at today’s forecast
Last year’s high is today’s low
I can enjoy my pictures of snow
(my shovel agrees)
****
rub hands together
last January’s photo
memory’s cold
The prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is Shoukan or Less Cold. I confess I am enjoying above freezing temps.
Between strong legs
I look beyond the porch
waves of snow hemmed in with ice
once I would have savored cold
challenging the white waves
feeling exuberance of youth
I lay down at his feet
soaking in homey warmth
his knowing reflects in my eyes
together we dream by the fire
Today I needed to be warmed from the inside out. As I share this poem with Poet’s Pantry , I take a look into a friend’s eyes whom I dearly miss.
“But it is written ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him…'”
1 Corinthians 2:9
under the bridge
cold crystals meet
dreaming of spring
Cee does a wonderful black and white photo challenge this week the topic is Weather.
Today our prompt at Carpe Diem is departing year, and it is extracted from Jane Reichhold’s “A Dictionary of Haiku” … it’s a nice prompt I think and it fits (of course) the time of year … Here is Jane’s example of this prompt:
slow rains
as if leaves were falling
at winter’s end
over my shoulder
snow blanketed memories
walking away
bone chilling cold
winter’s darkest moment
the soul’s deepest need
*
crunch beneath boots
trees reach to catch snowflakes
welcome dawn’s mooring
“First Light” is the prompt at Chevrefeuille’s Carpe Diem.
Learning to live by the indwelling life of Christ.
Gud skaper noko nytt ved sitt Ord og sin Ande, vi kan ta imot det i tru og få oppleve at han gjer sitt verk med oss. Hans skaparkraft verkar konstuktivt i våre liv og skaper noko som er verdifullt for oss. Naturkreftene verkar nedebrytande, i fylgje entropilova, men Gud er Ånd og det som er født av hans Ande består. Jesu frelsesverk er fullbrakt og fullkome. Han er den siste Adam, som er ifrå himmelen og som for oss har vorte ei livgjevande ånd. Han gjev oss den Heilage Ande frå himmelen av berre nåde. Han gjev oss det evige livet.
Looking ahead, without looking back (too often)
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. - Edgar Allan Poe
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