March 28, 2011 at 1:04 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year, Weather, Wind and tagged: cold, haiku, ice, icicle, March, out like a lion, poem, postaday2011, spring, wind
Bright, cold, windy day
Air crisp as an icicle
Out like a lion!
March 26, 2011 at 5:26 pm · Filed under Climate, Cold, Flowers, Plants (Shokubutsu), Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year and tagged: cold, flower, haiku, petal, poem, postaday2011, sepal, spring
A flower’s embrace:
Sepals clasping petals close
Outwaiting the cold.
March 24, 2011 at 8:19 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Haiku, Morning, Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Spring, Time of Day, Time of Year, Weather, Winter and tagged: cold, haiku, Indian winter, March, morning, poem, postaday2011, rain, snow, spring, winter
Cold day in late March
Snowflakes mingle with light rain
Indian winter.
February 26, 2011 at 3:48 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Year, Transportation, Winter and tagged: cold, earth, haiku, metaphor, personification, poem, postaday2011, snow, south, spring, thaw, winter
On a long drive south
The earth sheds a coat of snow
Every hundred miles.
February 23, 2011 at 6:16 pm · Filed under Climate, Cold, Evening, Haiku, Health, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Senryu, Time of Day, Time of Year, Transportation, Winter and tagged: bus, cigarette, cold, evening, haiku, human, human nature, poem, postaday2011, Senryu, smoker, superstition, transportation, winter
Cold winter evening
A man lights a cigarette
To make the bus come.
This actually “works” surprisingly often…
February 10, 2011 at 12:02 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Climate, Cold, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Sun, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: breath, cold, haiku, morning, poem, postaday2011, shadow, sun, winter
Bright winter morning
The year’s coldest day so far
Breath casts a shadow.
February 9, 2011 at 12:21 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Cold, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Weather, Wind, Winter and tagged: bird, cold, flight, haiku, paper, plastic, poem, postaday2011, simile, trash, wind, winter
Gusts of bitter wind
Plastic bags and paper towels
Fly like startled birds.
January 24, 2011 at 10:25 am · Filed under Climate, Cold, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Winter and tagged: breath, cold, dragon, human, metaphor, personification, postaday2011, steam, winter
Winter’s magic trick:
People transformed to dragons
Breathing clouds of steam.
January 18, 2011 at 8:20 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Buildings, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Heat, Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Weather, Winter and tagged: cold, house, ice, onomatopoeia, postaday2011, sleet, warm, weather, window, winter
Sleet’s brittle rattle
Patters against the window
Inside: warm and safe.
January 11, 2011 at 9:56 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Climate, Clouds, Cold, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Occupations, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Year, Transportation, Weather, Winter and tagged: clouds, cold, driver, haiku, human, jobs, personification, postaday2011, sky, snow, truck, waiting, weather, winter
Pregnant winter clouds
Salt truck drivers stamp their feet
Waiting for the snow.
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A Haiku Each Day