NaHaiWriMo - day twentyeight

28.
snow falls slowly
gently covering my path 
hiding all traces 

*

pale grey sky, light snow
hovers between freezing and melting 
choose your steps with care

NaHaiWriMo - day twentyseven

27.
walking in the sun
through the trees, planes cross over
the sky grows overcast

NaHaiWriMo - day twentysix

26.
inside all day
laying quietly in the dark 
alone with my thoughts 

NaHaiWriMo - day twentyfive

25.
light dusting of snow 
a deceptive beauty
every step treacherous 

NaHaiWriMo - day twentyfour

24.
above the river valley 
the sky is blue and the moon white
i walk with purpose

NaHaiWriMo - day twentythree

23.
it is colder today 
i hear only my own footsteps
streets empty and grey

NaHaiWriMo - day twentytwo

22.

temperature drops

sky darkens as the sun lowers

time to head home

NaHaiWriMo - day twentyone

21.
water pools in the field
we zig zag our way along the path
where are my rain boots?

NaHaiWriMo - day twenty

20.
snow is melting
the paths are full of people 
we head for the trees

NaHaiWriMo - day nineteen

19.
slowly the snow melts
a momentary reprieve 
still there are no buds

NaHaiWriMo - day seventeen and eighteen

17.
blinded by the sun
the world becomes shadow
everything slows

18.
through the window
i catch the blur of birds’ wings
why am i so tired?

NaHaiWriMo - day 16

16.

it’s twenty below
we sit around the campfire 
our hearts warm and full 

NaHaiWriMo - day fourteen and fifteen

14.

wind cuts through clothes
my beard is coated with ice
the birds are silent 

15.

we walk along the path
through the thicket an open field
suffused with sunlight 

NaHaiWriMo - day thirteen

13.

outside my window 
a chorus of birdsong erupts
i go back to sleep 

NaHaiWriMo - day twelve

12.

hands ache with cold
my breath fogs the windows

the journey awaits

NaHaiWriMo - day eleven

11.

everything stands still

ice fog erases horizons

frost forms on windows 

 

*

 

outside in the wind

rabbits huddled together 

trees wave and bend

NaHaiWriMo - day ten

10.

buffeted by wind

snow snakes across the field

trees offer no shelter

*

white sheet of sky

stark silhouettes of trees

prepared for winter

NaHaiWriMo - day nine

9.

where the river is

you are always in the center

where is the river?

*

i wake to birdsong

in the darkness everything creaks

the fog slowly lifts

NaHaiWriMo - day eight

8.

fading too quickly

vertical explosion of colour

ice rainbows in the sky

*

air crisp and sky white

sun hidden by tree branches

shifting sihouette

NaHaiWriMo - day seven

7.

the fields are empty

standing in the doorway

the sky so blue

 

*

 

opening the door

braced by the cold air

white rabbits scatter 

 

*

 

cirrus clouds feather

across the blue sky a bird

a single cry

NaHaiWriMo - day six

6.

the magpies chatter

flit from branch to branch

all other voices silent

*

a cloud of crows

voices chase me down the path

i enter the clearing

*

the chickadees swirl

wind tunnels through trees

everything buffeted

 

*

braced against the wind

i watch the river flow past

my eyes watering 

 

*

 

rabbit tracks zig-zag

on freshly fallen snow

traces of ghosts

NaHaiWriMo - day five

5.

bare branches 

heavy laden with snow 

huddled chickadees

NaHaiWriMo - day four

4.

the air is crisp

hoarfrost on the window

i sit in silence 

 

*

 

the swirling snow

footprints filling slowly

the enveloped tree

NaHaiWriMo - day three

3.

creaking stairs 

i slowly open my eyes 

the morning, still dark

NaHaiWriMo - day two

2.

quietly breathing 

papers rustle on the desk

the furnace still

NaHaiWriMo 2021 – day one

1.

the air is crisp 

conversation driven forward 

by crunching snow

February is National Haiku Writing Month!

As a way to keep engaged with poetry, and as a warm-up for National Poetry Month in April, I thought I would endeavour to write at least one haiku a day for National Haiku Writing Month. 

Feel free to join me. 

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