solstice

winter solstice

I promise her

the dawn

Shiki Monthly Kukai, December 2013; kigo: "December holiday or observance"

bedtime

bedtime

a slice of last year's fruitcake

for Santa Claus

Merry Christmas to all! 

end

at the end

of a long afternoon

my faded shadow

Published at Temps libres

first snow

first snow

a walk through fallen leaves

to my childhood

Posted as a comment at John's blog http://zenspeug.blogspot.com/

chill

morning chill

I tell her I didn't mean

the things I meant

Shiki Kukai, November 2013; assigned kigo: "morning chill"

evening

evening rain

she lets down

her hair

Posted at Temps libre

last leaves

last leaves

the weight of

a raindrop

Posted as a comment at Gillena's blog