Bite of wintry wind
Heralds craftsman of tiny
Crystalline wonders
Author’s Notes…
Having lived in Michigan the majority of my life, it is easy for me to recognize the precise point at which the chill air on my cheeks is below freezing. That instantaneous realization seemed the perfect moment to capture in this Weekly Writing Challenge by The Daily Post. Snow has lightly dusted the ground here over the last week or so, and the consistently chill air has kept it from melting away. Perhaps it will be a white Christmas this year? Not sure I am entirely happy about having to don half my wardrobe to tolerate walking from class to class, but the quiet all around is soothing to my exam-frayed nerves in any case. The heightened awareness of presence in and with Nature is one of the ways wintertime makes my soul sing.
Here are are some more amazing photos by Alexey Kljatov of snowflakes that partially prompted this haiku.
Afterthought – Other Monday haiku entries I enjoyed and thought I should share..
–Haiku of Wisdom | A String of Pearls
–Ocean of Knowing | Winding Road
–Our Future is Change | Outienz
–Passionate Dreaming
–One Eye Closes | Blackbirds Above the Marsh
–Long walks and dark chocolate
–Vagina | The Type Cast
–Irregular Ventilator
–Haiku moments | LynnSlyWrites
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cool haiku (pun slightly intended)…and those photos are gorgeous!
Thank you very much 🙂 And I can appreciate some punny humor 😛 As soon as I finished the haiku, I knew I had to include those lovely photos by Alexey Kljatov ❤ I hope you check out the article most of them are linked to!
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nice phrase that one is
describes so very clearly
winter is coming.
A haiku comment for a haiku post, I like it 🙂
Reblogged this on wdbwp.
There used to be a website (maybe it still exists) that has hundreds of different photos of snowflakes. Those things we can’t perfectly see – snowflakes, creatures of the deep – seem miraculous. Thanks for stopping by my blog –
Meant to say I liked your haiku, also. Whoops.
Very true, there is a numinous quality about the things rarely seen. I hope I might find that website; I’m sure it’d be a treat. Heh, thank you for the additional clarification, very sweet 🙂
Very beautiful.
Thank you for the kind comment 🙂
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Amazing photos and a haiku that does them justice.
janet
You praise my writing highly, and I deeply thank you 🙂 I couldnt resist incorporating Alexey’s stunning photos when Id finished the haiku
I adore the imagination you incorporated in this haiku, along with the snow-specific words. Very visual and engaging.
Thank you very much! I’m honored by your commentary
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Thank you for liking “Timepieces for the New Year.” This is a wonderful post. The haiku and the photos are beautiful. I hope you have a Happy New Year! 🙂
Thank you! You as well 😀