after days of frost
a mild dew hangs on the grass
waves of bird song
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This poem was inspired by the brief cracks appearing in the winter, and by the struggle to remember the knack of finding haiku. And, to finish, here’s Grant Hart –
winter
The Wind Looks Happiest
the wind looks happiest
in a blue flapping flag
– mid-winter
“I’m staying alone at Christmas,”
said the old cashier
in the singing tree
starlings outnumber the dead leaves
– mid-winter
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #7 Christmas stress (meditation), another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s BB King –
Leaves and Insects
leaves and insects
find the winter wind’s shelter
passing days
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Special #188 Georgia’s 4th, another choka, another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. In this prompt we were given Georgia’s Christmas choka as an inspiration:
Meditation
reflecting, meditating
my thoughts contemplating,
watching the leaves blow around
without hearing a sound
relativity
looked at in simplicity
observing the east and west
there I began my day’s quest
thus I discovered death
with a baby’s breath!
I think babies born today
have just finished dying
from the world that they knew well
living that awful hell
we call being born
then, I saw death everywhere
for which I have no care
leaves and insects, passing days
a simple passing phase
why then should I fear
© Georgia (a.k.a. Bastet, 2013)
All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Nico –
Before the Warmth
before the warmth
of tears, eyelashes clink with frost
in winter darkness
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #848 Frosted Grass, another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Elmore James –
Old, Worn
old, worn, her scarf
tangles in the everlasting
winter
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Modern Times Haiku #1 mother’s scarf, another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Simon & Garfunkel (Art never looked hotter!) –
