Christmas after the ice storm

 

Picture by good friend, Fred Villacorta

Ontario, Canada

Under canopy

Icicles drip from bare trees

Slowly like tear drops

~0~0~

Snow falling like rain 

Drenches red bows & pine cones-

Ice sugar on cake

  

~0~0~

This Christmas season -  

The best gift of all- your love

unwrapped through the years

Posted for Imaginary Garden for Real Toads:  Words Count with MamaZen - Merry Christmas to all ~ 

One golden afternoon

gold and lilac  

wafts and pillars an old man's face --

ethereal sky  

~0~0~



Picture credit:   Reena of Missing Moments

~0~0~

the afternoon,

unwrapped burlap, 

shimmers like gold coins under the sun 

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - A Word with Laurie 
Haiku My Heart
and Haiku Heights - New ~   HAPPY NEW YEAR ~

For peace

winter's eve --  

i light a small candle 

to hymn of children's choir

~0~0~

scent of roses

on beaded prayers --

a silent moment

Grace @ Everyday Amazing

~0~0~

a snowflake falls --

the morning blooms 

like white poinsettias 

Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Peace on Earth
Haiku My Heart  and Haiku Heights - Snow

Wishing you Happy Holidays, Blessed Christmas and Joyful New Year ~  

Tree

red maple tree

with leaves fiery and shaped of tears,  

silently she mourns  

~0~0~

pine tree 

coated with ivory and midnight moon,  

restless is her sleep

~0~0~

cherry blooms 

on a parasol of forest green -

spring in her step

~0~0~

willow tree

bowing in a dance courtyard - 

boldly she leaps   

Posted for Haiku Heights:  Tree

and Haiku My Heart

Boat graveyard

Photography Credit:   Reena of Missing Moments

rusty boat  

bows down in silence,

dying fire

~0~0~

nestled in green field,

old brown boat heaves one last sigh:

unforgettable

~0~0~

boat graveyard,

filled with jade gold leaves,  

quiet sea

Posted for:   Haiku Heights:   Green - Just got back from a short vacation, so catching up with all of you ~

and Imaginary Garden with Real Toads:   OpenLinkNight

Soulful

fallen leaf 

whispers to the wind: 

i am free

~0~0~0  

white lilies

blooming by gravestone,

scent of you

~0~0~0

guitar strings softly  

 echo her soulful verses,     

 bluer than the sky  

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Soul

and Haiku My Heart

picture credit:   Photorack

Starry night

star-lit sky,

guitar serenade,

shy rose blooms

~0~0~

falling star

on coconut palms,

spell-bound song 

~0~0~

bowl of fruits -

star apples, mangoes - 

welcome leis

~0~0~

demure maid

with lavender rose,

a starburst 

~0~0~

countless stars

can't match your brown eyes,  

 shining yes!  

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Stars

and Haiku My Heart

Note:  The old tradition of Philippine courtship is called harana.  It involves singing to woo the woman at night, and if she likes you, she opens her window and invites you inside her home.

picture and note credit:  here

By the sea

lighthouse by the sea

stands silent, white sentinel  

braving the black tide   

~0~0

glass windows closing,   

as blue waves crash against rocks,  

unfinished painting 

~o~o

fisherman at dawn,  

scouting for fish and sea weeds,

candle-lit prayer    

Posted for:   Haiku Heights - Meaning

and Haiku My Heart

Happy Anniversary to Haiku Heights !!!

Photography:   Reena of Missing Moments 

Firsts

                                                                             Picture credit: La Rocque Harbour
                                                     Landscape photography by Alex Wallace

first poem

uncharted journey,  

sweet red plums  

~0~0

lover's kiss

soft as butterfly,

summer rain

~0~0

your goodbye,  

frame in black and white, 

stinging bee

Posted for Haiku Heights:   First ~  My first poem in this blog

and Haiku My Heart

Under the sky

                         

morning sun,
soft raindrops on grass,  

  seeds for pen    

~0~0

yellow star   

played in daisy field,   

burnt cornbread 

~0~0

garden blooms:

white, yellow and red,

midnight storm  

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Vital 

and Haiku My Heart

Photography credit:   Uwe Eischens of Moments like these

Starry night

                                                     "Starry Night"   Vincent van Gogh

starry night  

above rice fields, hills,  

white summer

~0~0

shooting stars

lighting midnight sky,

lantern sun

~0~0

wishing well

pocket full of coins,

moonlit face

     

~0~0

midnight dance   

full of promises, 

starry night

and for Theme Thursday:

ice cream swirls

chocolates, mints, nuts,   

melting blues 

melting blues

topped with strawberries,  

sweet as you

Posted for Poetry Jam:   Painting a Picture
Tackle it Tuesday:   Shooting Stars 
Theme Thursday:   Ice-Cream

Rain

under leaf

frog hides from the rain,

falling bricks    

~0~0

the garden

awaits pouring rain,

empty cup 

~0~0

tiny frog 

jumps into the pond,   

dry of rain   

Posted for Tackle it Tuesday:  Chevrefeuille's Prompt is Frog
Poetry Form:  Haiku


Picture credit:   here  

Doubts

doubts are like blue dust

covering your skin and face,

dead gold fish on bowl 

~0~0

dust off the doubts in

your mind, your words will sparkle,

even at the dark

~0~0

seeds of doubt
wrapping  fingers, hands, 
blank pages

Posted for Haiku Heights - Prompt is Doubt.    This is part of the National Poetry Writing Month - Day 4.  


Picture credit:   here

Eager

© Laura Hegfield 2012




eager hands touching 

leaf broken from cider tree,
searching missing link

~0~0

hands clapping to beat 

of guitar tapping, trees dance    

in flamenco skirt 
  

~0~0

morning sunlight dips

inkblot into eager hands,

turning page to leaf  

Posted for Haiku Heights:   Prompt is Eager - Part of National Poetry Writing Month - NaPoWriMo # 1
And Imaginary Garden with Real Toads:  Featuring Laura Hegfield


picture credit:  here 

Fate

fate is a leaf thrown

whirling in the wind, falling 

cup of blueberries 

~0~0

fate is a coin tossed

heads or tail on palm, waiting  

yellow cab departs 

~0~0

fate is skin colour 

like orange rind, not the seeds

green watermelon 

Posted for Haiku Heights:    Prompt # 109 is Fate and Haiku My Heart


Picture credit:   here

Journey: Few Miles Haiku Challenge

my journey begins

writing haiku everyday,

a white seagull flies 

~0~0

a white seagull flies

towards warm voices of home,   

sunset on the beach

~0~0

sunset on the beach,  

flaming gold as daffodils,

a journey eastward

~0~0

a journey eastward,

with haiku kindred souls, friends,

my journey begins

~0~0

To all my Haiku Challengers :

writing haiku poems, 

February marathon, 

cherry blossoms bow

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 29 - Journey.    This is the last day of the Haiku Challenge.  I am very happy to complete all 29 prompts for this month.   A big thanks for all the support and hard work of SIS of Few Miles.   Here is my journey for this month ~

Day 28                Day 27                  Day 26                Day 25           Day 24 

Day 23              Day 22            Day 21           Day 20              Day 19

                  Day 18          Day 17             Day 16           Day 15             Day 14

Day 13         Day 12         Day 11                Day 10           Day  9

 Day  8               Day  7               Day  6                Day  5         Day  4

   Day  3                    Day  2                     Day  1

Thank you for your comments and visits.  I appreciate them.  See you ~

Update:    Thank you for the Queen of Haiku Challenge Award

Picture Credit :   Reena of Missing Moments

Hot and Cold

crystal snowflakes fall

cup of steaming chocolate,

morning sun glitters

~0~0

dried roses petals

tea bag dipped in warm water,

soothing bitter tongue  

~0~0

hot pancakes and milk   

on bright sunflower platter, 

melting ice glaciers

  

Written for Few Miles Haiku Challenge 2012 for the month of February:   Day 4- Opposite Emotions

picture credit:   here

Vanilla sky

cold winds herald winter’s carriage,   

city skyline heaves in mushroom dust  

~0~0

white is the night in december,

paler than the moon half dressed in black 

~0~0

red rose bush stoops low on ground,

winter is a heavy child to carry

~0~0

snow flakes blanketing car windows,

muddy prints against vanilla sky 

Wishing you Happy New Year !

Posted for:   D'verse Poets Pub:   Form for all:  CRYSTALLINES:    

Couplets poetry form:   Haiku (17 syllables)  

Shared with Flash Fiction Friday:   for the G-man.   We finally have snow.   It came after Christmas day.   Thankfully it is light and erratic but still the ice must be scraped from the car before the drive.   Thanks for the visit.

picture credit:  here

Buried

buried under snow 

dusty road looks pale and lost  

trees shake in the cold  

white falling snowflakes  

veils the mud prints of journey

tomorrow, we walk

under covert sky,

we embrace winter's passing 

sleeping in her arms  

   

Posted for Haiku Heights:  Prompt is Covert.   

picture credit:   here

Passage

steady rushing sound

water twirls, marches to beat 

gateway to new lands

eagle wings soaring  

ragged mountains in slumber

gentle solitude 

ashes in the urn

scattered in river he loves

spirit soaring sky

Posted for In Tandem # 19 - picture credit to Jacqui Binford-Bell 


Haiku Heights - Prompt is Urn.   Poetry form 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllables