hiatus

I'll be taking a short break. See you around the middle of March. Stay well, my friends.

last

last of his line

the year of his death

still uncarved

[First published at Temps libre.]

shaking

shaking the snow

from a dozen roses–

Valentine's Day

I posted this at Gillena's blog two days ago.

4cast

snow forecast

I take another sip

black no sugar

I've posted this at Juliet's* and tikkis's** blogs over the last few days

*one day before the snow

**one day after, but with more expected early next week

snowsnowsnow

snow snow snow

as the days

grow longer

Groundhog

Groundhog Day

the toddler points

at her shadow

[I posted this one at tikkis's and kristin's blogs in response to poems of theirs.]

dawn

New Year's dawn

she tells me

I'm her first

[Shiki kukai, January 2010. The assigned kigo was first [of the year], a common Japanese kigo that is not generally recognized elsewhere. As a lark, I decided to make "first" a little more ambiguous. If I had been writing a straight haiku, I would not have included both "first" and "New Year's," since that would be a double kigo; not absolutely forbidden, but generally to be avoided. Scored a grand total of 3 points.]

photo

old photo

the branches frozen

in black and white

whisper

she whispers

are you awake . . .

rain at the window

[Shiki Kukai, January 2010]