In Falling Snow

Carpe Diem Special # 37  Richard Wright


Not sure which version I like better

snowflakes fall

on your new highlights

adding sparkle

wet flakes fall

misting your hair

with highlights

Frost "Dust of Snow"

Carpe Diem Ghost Writer # 37
To read Robert Frost's poem click the link above.

bright snowy day

frosted pines

myriad of footprints

little boy whacking trees

avalanche on head

First Snow

Carpe Diem Time Glass #13,  First Snow

The first snow a surprise, much earlier than expected.  There were no phone calls telling of closed schools - you retired this year.  There were no delighted squeals or racing feet above our heads.  The boy’s long grown, our daughter recently in college.  The first snow came quietly, and the solitude stayed.  The only footprints, mine and that of the devil raccoon, back to steal another suet feeder.  My garden blossoms dusted in white and ice.  I cut a rose and bring it in for the breakfast table.  Our love not yet grown cold.

garden roses

weighted heads tipped

first snow

Solitude (Kodoku)

Carpe Diem #622 Solitude (Kodoku)

I miss you most

midday when no laughter rings

throughout the house

~

wind lashes my ears

bleak walk home 

no one to greet me

~

cold cup of coffee

stale toast on the table

signs of our parting

First Light

Carpe Diem #621 First Light

in dawns first light

I roam the darkened house

covering children

~

morning breaks

across the ocean waves

reflections

~

first light of dawn

new possibilities birthed

in darkened world

~

in frosty morning

first light shimmers
winter fairyland

Loneliness - Troiku

         curling up alone
in the imprint where you slept
       tears no longer flow

curling up alone
with a good book
no substitute

in the imprint where you slept
I still feel your warmth

on cold nights

tears no longer flow
memories keep me company
life moves forward

Christmas Carols

Carpe Diem #620 Christmas Carols

For me Christmas carols are always best sung by children.  Each year I have the annoyance and pleasure of helping with the Christmas play costumes and discipline back stage.  Nothing ever goes as planned, but is probably much better.  And yes, the Joseph in the second Haiku was my son 20 years ago. That sweet little thing next to him could really pack a wallop.

while shepherds gather 

angels sing sweetly off key

one lamb cries for mom

as children sing

Mary and Joseph fight

over baby

disheveled kings march

choir sings “We Three Kings” 

shepherds and sheep roam

forgetting missed cues

parents join in "Silent Night"
all are smiles now

Winter Moons

Carpe Diem # 619 Oak Moon

If you have ever consulted the Farmer’s Almanac, you would find many names for the full moon.  Many of the names come from the different indian tribes in North America. Each season has different full moon names as well as each month.  The moons during the winter are from the December solstice to the March equinox.  There is also a blue moon, when two full moon’s occur during one month.  The next winter blue moon is in January 2018.  For my haiku, I also included the November moon since we often have frost and snow in November.

November - beaver moon, frost moon

flurry of activity

reinforcement of dams

beaver moon

December - cold moon, oak moon, long night moon

first snowflakes

glisten in the air

under the oak moon

coldness and dark

settle between us

long night moon

January - wolf moon, ice moon, old moon, moon after yule

ice moon rises

howling wolves 

lament

February - snow moon, storm moon, hunger moon, crow moon, lenten moon

storm moon hangs

in snow covered branches

ice crackles

March - worm moon, chaste moon, death moon, sap moon, crust moon

slushy days

during the worm moon

frozen nights

winter’s thaw

refrozen hearts

the crust moon

Tempting Waves - Ten Renga Challenge

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge #62, Björn Rudberg's "tempting waves"

tempting waves -

the old boat still needs

a little rest                                               © Björn Rudberg

covered in tall grass and flowers
we read beneath it’s cool shade

tempting waves -

the old boat still needs

a little rest                                              © Björn Rudberg

we scrape the moss covered hull
restoring both boat and dreams

tempting waves -

the old boat still needs

a little rest                                              © Björn Rudberg

lying in sunshine
lulled by gentle pitch

Full Circle

Carpe Diem Full Circle # 2 Puddles  This was given in August, but is new for me

Twelve (12) words (for every ''hour'') one word. The goal is to write haiku using the words as given in the clock wise way. Here are the 12 (twelve) words for this episode:

1. sunflower

2. rain storm

3. puddles

4. sea shore

5. shells

6. making love

7. garden

8. waterfall

9. stones

10. sunrise

11. peony

12. shadow

ripened sunflower

head bent from rainstorm

puddles of seeds

~

moonlit seashore

shells whisperer secrets

memories making love

~

overgrown garden

waterfall spurts from gutter

mossy stones twinkle

~

in the sunrise

prize peony blossom

shadows your face