winter’s white garden
icicles cling to blue spruce
empty red birdhouse
posting poetic prose
12 Mar 2019 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: birdhouse, garden, icicles, spruce, winter
winter’s white garden
icicles cling to blue spruce
empty red birdhouse
07 Feb 2019 22 Comments
in rubaiyat Tags: blizzard, cold, log, mug, prairie, snow, summer, warmth, winter
across this frozen prairie, winter blows
strong blizzard gale bullwhips up fallen snow
we shiver, polar-cold, wind’s frightful roar
and add thick logs to embers burning low
such fierceness could freeze creature to the core
if wait exposed; come, safe inside closed door
we offer mugs to drink in warming flow
and reminisce of summer sun-swept shores
Rubaiyat: The ruba’i is a classical Persian quatrain or double couplet of 4 lines and having rhyme scheme either AABA or AAAA. A collection of more than one quatrain is called a rubaiyat.
Edward Fitzgerald popularized the form in English. He chose iambic pentameter, generally 10-syllable lines with alternating accents, for the meter and used the AABA rhyme scheme. Having the unrhymed third line allows the poet to use that sound from the first quatrain as the main rhyming sound in the next quatrain, connecting the stanzas.
My thanks to Frank at dVerse Poets for this information on the rubaiyat form!
09 Jan 2019 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: amaryllis, birthday, celebrate, grace, winter
Joining Kristjaan’s prompt at Carpe Diem with winter “kigo”, amaryllis.
celebrating sixth
winter of granddaughter’s birth
given grace to bloom
03 Jan 2019 1 Comment
in tanka Tags: artistry, design, snowflake, symmetrical, winter
winter artistry
pointed in six directions
crystalline magic
shaped sharply symmetrical
an original design
12 Dec 2018 13 Comments
in free verse, list poem Tags: chili, fur, huskies, icicles, mitten, snowflakes, winter
Link to dVerse Poets where Gina invites us to consider “the magic of ordinary things”
snow diamonds gliTTer in sunshine
icicle daGGers dangle from rOOf edge
pungent scent distiLLs from pine boughs
haPPy laughter sleDDing down big hiLL
soft faux fur hOOd brushes rosy chEEks
snowflakes sprinkle on kniTTed miTTen
cold hands caRReSS warm bowl of hot chili
25 Nov 2018 7 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: cold, moon, night, tree, winter
winter moon shining
framed by silhouette of tree
caught in cold night’s web
Linking to Frank Tassone‘s prompt on classical “winter moon” kigo…
09 Sep 2018 6 Comments
in tan renga Tags: apple, autumn, crow, orchard, squirrel, winter
Haiku in original French:
Une pomme, seul
dans le verger abandonné
rougissent pour l’hiver
Ⓒ Patrick Blanche
Here is the translation by Michael R. Burch:
One apple, alone
in the abandoned orchard
reddens for winter
Ⓒ Patrick Blanche (Tr. Michael R. Burch)
Add two lines to complete tan renga:
free image – pixabay
17 May 2018 3 Comments
in etheree Tags: bouquet, Easter, life, snow, spring, tulips, winter
Etheree poem meets “bouquet and greenery” challenge at Ramblings of a Writer.
oh
festive
easter day
snowy outside
greenery indoors
we expect spring colors
winter white surprises world
garden bulbs hidden underground
bouquet of tulips brightens our feast
celebrate Son who died, then rose to life
photo by lynn
08 Apr 2018 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: cock, storm, sun, wind, winter
old cock winter crows
easterly wind heralds storm
free image – pexels
red sun is rising
Haiku inspired by quote (Carpe Diem Haiku Kai) in less-than-inspiring weather.
04 Mar 2018 6 Comments
in triolet Tags: battle, snowman, spring, winter, zephyr
scent of spring rides zephyr
snowman has fallen
battle of seasons
scent of spring rides zephyr
sleet dissolves to rain
winter’s last stand
scent of spring rides zephyr
snowman has fallen
A triolet for Weekend Writing Prompt, “fallen”. A triolet consists of 8 lines. Lines1,4 and 7 are the same line repeated. So are lines 2 and 8.
12 Dec 2017 3 Comments
in tanka Tags: artic, diamond, snowdrifts, sun, winter
sun dogs howl in cold
temps drop after arctic blast
winter’s shining face
she wears best diamond earrings
snowdrifts sparkle with brilliance
I couldn’t resist Kiwinana’s tanka prompt, using “winter” and “shining”!
14 Nov 2017 18 Comments
in haibun Tags: great-horned owl, snowshoes, spruce, winter
Join Victoria at dVerse Poets for this week’s haibun prompt: Who? Who? Fukuroo!
Late one winter afternoon, I strap on snowshoes, grab my poles and make tracks in powder. The dusky sky glows pale pink as I shush into deep silence. Spruces dusted with fresh snow, wear skirts of blue-hued drifts and beckon me to maneuver their folds. I am tramping a wonderland beneath thin-fingered canopy of ash tree silhouettes. Startled, I flinch as a heavy winged shadow glides closely overhead with a swish-sh-sh of displaced air. An owl swoops low before sweeping onto a bare upper branch fifty yards ahead. I approach cautiously as owl’s head swivels toward me. Notice the unmistakable tufts like ears…it’s the great-horned fukuroo of my dreams!
listen, owl’s hooting
free stock image
heard often yet rarely seen
great-horned fukuroo!