snow falls
all night long,
silently piling.
i awaken
to a place
unrecognizable
as the one
in which i took to slumber:
the world's detail erased...
temporarily.
White-Out [Free Verse]
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Tag Archives: winter
Blue Water [Haiku]
deep in winter,
the blue water makes it
Caribbean summer.
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Last Hangers On [Haiku]
the last few leaves
tenaciously hang on
into mid-winter.
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Hidden Ridges [Haiku]
even the small mountains
hide their tops in the clouds:
rainy winter day.
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Heron [Haiku]
Gnarled & Nude [Haiku]
frangipani
have dropped leaves & blossoms,
& stand gnarled & nude.
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Temple Tree [Haiku]
a barren tree
stands in the temple yard:
winter’s guardian.
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Hibiscus [Haiku]
hibiscus flowers
show their bright colors
on a winter day.
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Hot Springs [Haiku]
cool winter day:
clouds form thickly over
the hot springs.
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Four Haiku by Kobayashi Issa [w/ Audio]
muddy clogs
beside each gate;
Spring is here.
"don't swat!"
the fly rubs its hands,
then rubs its feet.
autumn rain,
a small sumo wrestler
pushes through.
sleeping in a row,
the Shinano mountains:
under snow blanket.
In Japanese:
門門の下駄の泥より春立ちぬ
やれ打つな蠅が手を摺り足をする
秋の雨小さき角力通りけり
寝ならぶやしなのの山も夜の雪
From: Wilson, William Scott. 2023. A Beginners Guide to Japanese Haiku. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 224pp.
