A Haiku Each Day
Sixty-two hundred and five Syllables a year.Archive for sun
Cold Morning III
Bright winter morning
The year’s coldest day so far
Breath casts a shadow.
May 4, 2011 at 7:17 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Earth and Water (Chiri), Human Affairs (Jinji), Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Rain, Senryu, Sun, Transportation, Weather and tagged: city, color, haiku, poem, postday2011, pseudohaiku, rain, Senryu, silver, street, sun, track, train, trolley, urban, water
An old trolley track
Slices the street with silver
Sunlight after rain.
April 28, 2011 at 1:06 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Art and Literature, Celestial, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Morning, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Sun, Time of Day, Time of Year and tagged: haiku, metaphor, morning, painter, painting, poem, postaday2011, sky, spring, sun, sunrise, watercolor
Watercolor sky
Awaits the painter’s last touch
Just before sunrise.
April 10, 2011 at 1:33 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Flowers, Haiku, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Sun, Time of Year and tagged: chalice, color, fire, flower, haiku, metaphor, orange, poem, postaday2011, red, sun, sunlight, tulip, yellow
Sunlight on tulips
Red with orange and yellow hearts
Chalices of fire.
March 2, 2011 at 11:41 am · Filed under Earth and Water (Chiri), Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Stones, Sun, Trees and tagged: amber, diamond, fire, fossil, gem, haiku, poem, postaday2011, pseudohaiku, sun, tree
Ancient tree’s relic
Frozen sunlight, captive fire,
Brighter than diamond.
February 20, 2011 at 5:49 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Evening, Night, Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Sun, Time of Day and tagged: east, finger, metaphor, night, personification, poem, postaday2011, pseudohaiku, shadow, sun, sunset
Sunset-cast shadows
Point long fingers to the east
Implicating night.
February 13, 2011 at 5:15 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Pastimes, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Sun, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: ball, basketball, color, game, haiku, hoop, orange, poem, postaday2011, simile, sports, sun, sunset
Orange basketball
Sinks past the hoop’s horizon
Like a setting sun.
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.
January 3, 2011 at 10:56 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Climate, Clouds, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Sun, Time of Year, Weather, Winter and tagged: city, clouds, haiku, ice, postaday2011, sidewalk, sun, weather, winter
A beam through the clouds
Skidding across the sidewalk
Sunlight on thin ice.
December 9, 2010 at 11:03 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Birds, Buildings, Celestial, Climate, Cold, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Morning, Pigeons, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Sun, Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: bird, building, city, cold, metaphor, morning, pigeon, roof, sun, winter
Cold winter morning
The sunny side of the roof
Tiled with pigeons.
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