Desolate Snow Haiku

boot crunch
‘a cloudless night,’
he concluded

 

old coat of snow
nary a track in sight
beauty abandoned

 

snow blind
trudging and slogging
pure torture

 

crust of snow
over dry powder
bone cold

 

drifting flakes
add a wedge wall
to a farmhouse

DAILY PHOTO: Little Winter Scene, Pecs

Taken in December of 2014 in Pecs, Hungary.

DAILY PHOTO: Kiosks, Vác

Taken in the winter of 2014 in Vác, Hungary.

POEM: Winter Haiku





barren branches
rake the sky above
tines chaotic



crow turns head
aiming its lustrous eye
pausing mid-meal



snowy silence
ends in flapping wings
then returns



cornstalk stubble
dusted in dry snow
desiccated



breath tendrils
roil into limbo
forgotten

DAILY PHOTO: Városháza Toronyórája by Night

Taken in December of 2014 in Pécs, Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: Day & Night Skating at St. Stephen’s Basilica

Taken in December of 2014 in Budapest, in front of St. Stephen's Basilica (i.e.Szent István-bazilika)

Taken in December of 2014 in Budapest, in front of St. Stephen’s Basilica (i.e.Szent István-bazilika)

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DAILY PHOTO: Pécsi Városháza One Cold Winter’s Night

Taken in December of 2014 in Pécs

Taken in December of 2014 in Pécs

POEMS: Dreary Day Haiku

IMG_2123Clouds chugged landward
Smothering a festive town
In a dense, gray cloak

 

Dreary days have come
Reminding me of Britain,
the long nightless nights

 

Drizzle piddles down
Dimpling the sidewalk sheen
With random ripples

 

DAILY PHOTO: Barren Trees in the Churchyard

Taken in December of 2014 in Szentendre, Hungary

Taken in December of 2014 in Szentendre, Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: Városháza by Night

Taken in December of 2014 in Pecs, Hungary

Taken in December of 2014 in Pecs, Hungary

The Városháza is a townhall building in the middle of Pécs.