Saturday, December 31, 2022

A Last Gift

 

to see  

waxing gibbous moon  

a last gift  


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arms raised  

waving goodbye to one year  

hello to a new 

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Solstice Shadows




 
pine trees
rise above sparkling snow drifts
solstice shadows

* * * * *

pine tree needles
blow across snow cover
rabbit tracks

Garden Fairy Wears A Crown

 


garden fairy
wears a crown of snow
waits for spring

Monday, December 26, 2022

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Winter Solstice



 
solstice clouds
overhead … open to drop
Christmas presents

* * * * *

solstice morning/
nine inches of fresh snow/
what a gift

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Snow Feathered Cardinals

 

snow feathered cardinals
fly from feeder to feeder
bird seed loading
 
* * * * *

Like athletes doing ”carb loading” before an event, 
I think the birds are getting ready for the next three or four days of snow storms. 

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Remembering

 

Santa’s visit  

on Christmas Eve  

milk and cookies

 

*****

 

when there were  

party dresses that twirled  

red lipstick  


***** 


roller skater  

races around the school  

light-hearted learning 

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Each Snowflake a Poem

 



ev’ry winter snowstorm
produces a haiku prompt
each snowflake a poem

Haiku on 1,000th day of The Daily Haiku

 

thousands of words  

written over one thousand days  

in a dozen languages  


*****


as we bake cookies
talk of exercise programs
next year

* * * * *

ev’ry winter snowstorm
produces a haiku prompt
each snowflake a poem

* * * * *
different years
at distant miles
who was that person

* * * * *

back in the day
body in lockdown … mind a
world traveler

Friday, December 16, 2022

Universal Words

 


speechless
no words to describe
winter wonderland

* * * * *

universal language
children laugh and scream
sliding in the snow

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Thundersnow

 

thundersnow
the sound of thunder in a
winter snowstorm

*

Winter weather lesson 101 “thundersnow”

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Lamplight

 

midnight snowflakes  

blur farthest lamplight  

closest star  


***** 


another day ends  

streetlight turns on routinely  

wondrous starlight 

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Found a Full Moon

 

bidding hello  

the absence forgotten  

friendships found again  


*****

 

reaching  

blanket found  

warm again  


***** 


opens the curtain  

to find a full moon  

birthday gift glows 

Monday, December 12, 2022

Hands Are Full

  petrichor   heavy in the air   fills our hands