Winter Marsh [Haiku]

Photograph taken along the Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta, Georgia.
light sparkles 
on shallow water:
winter marshland.

Winter Blossoms [Senryū]

Photograph of pink blossoms in Winter. Taken from the Big Creek Greenway Trail in Alpharetta, GA in early February.
Winter plum blossoms
try to trick mind and eye;
cold fingers won't buy.

Gray Beard [Haiku]

Photograph taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area, in bayou near Slidell, Louisiana.
Spanish Moss drapes
over Winter's bare branches
like a gray beard.

A Walk in Winter Woods [Free Verse]

A photograph from the Roswell Greenway Trail in Roswell, Georgia, north of Atlanta.
In Winter,
when blue sky shows
between the twiggy,
bare branches,
the forest is not so
claustrophobic,
but sound and wind,
alike,
carry through.

A mind can roam
between the bracing
breezes.

A Hint of Green [Haiku]

Little green sprouts growing out of a branch in a barren winter woods. Taken in North Georgia in early February.
little green sprouts,
the only verdant hue:
barren Winter woods.

Flurry [Haiku]

fine powdery snow
fills ground around grass:
frigid Winter day.

Fake Snow,Real Cold [Haiku]

fake snow from
fountain spray in wind;
the cold is real.

Glazed Acorn [Haiku]

Winter storm
ices over acorns:
branches hang low.

Chill Induced Memory [Tanka]

Taken in Fountains Square in Baku, Azerbaijian.
the memory
of an outdoor cafe
at city center
comes to me out of the blue,
on a frigid Winter day.

Silenced by Ice [Haiku]

Ice on limbs. Taken in Sumeg, Hungary in Winter.
seedpod rattle
is silenced by ice crust
on Winter branches.