"snow? in mid-Spring!"
its stay is short, but is felt
in the porter's bones.
Spring Snow [Haiku]
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Cold Stream [Haiku]
Spring flows:
frigid and silt gray --
rush down the mountain.
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Melancholia [Haiku]
beach in winter:
fully clothed walkers shrug
against a cold breeze.
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Cold Mountain [Haiku]
Winter Sky Fire [Haiku]
the sky is afire,
and, yet, i can see my breath
on chill winter air.
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Crucible [Lyric Poem]
It was a dreary winter day;
The world was cold, monotone gray.
But then, I caught a hint of heat:
Felt on my face, not on my feet.
A furnace burned in a dark place.
I felt it flush my frigid face --
Frigid once, but not any more
I stood inside that foundry's door.
The orange glow danced on my face.
It must have shown demon's disgrace.
Like a poor creature lit on fire,
Or the living dead on a pyre.
Cold as the day and my feet were,
I heard a voice - just a whisper.
"You must flee now, or you'll jump in,
and they'll not find a fleck of shin."
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Heron [Haiku]
River Snow by Liu Zongyuan [w/ Audio]
From one thousand mountains, birds have vanished.
Over ten-thousand paths, not one footprint.
A lone boat, an old man in coarse cloak and hat:
Just he, fishing in the cold, river snow.
Original Chinese:
千山鳥飛絕
萬徑人蹤滅
孤舟蓑笠翁
獨釣寒江雪
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Frost Spiral [Haiku]
grape tendrils encased in crystalline frost. blows into cupped palms.
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Misty River [Haiku]
early autumn morn:
fog forms over the river
‘cause the water ‘s “warm.”
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