Winter

Mrs G and Aran. First 2017 Egg

home is an egg

in the land

of their feathers

________ Gwilym Williams

Still as a statue

Merging into the brown leaves--

The Easter Bunny?

all is transience
destroyed by my own hand's heat
one perfect snowflake

snowfall
I breathe in
the entire sky

this weather!
snow from the east
snow from the west

tiny world
much in little,
thrives

falling snow
I am here
nothing but snow

the green frog
on the green leaf -
green.

New haiku

winter cold
birds foraging
in nearby cities

miso with mustard
hidden for years
your smile

with different fillings
sweets for all seasons
your smile

January sun
from the horses’ breath
warm

painted
by a local artist
snowfall

more then
our differences
in differences

New haiku

moon tonight!
she still holds
all her secrets

a lot of fun -
from moonlight
my shadow

chaos and chaos between the two ...silence

end of winter -
the scarecrow gets
new robes

not too much
not too little ...
just right

Magic Roadside Pond

Under the water

Trees grow in patches of sky;

Magic roadside pond.

Against the Pale Sun

Against the pale sun

Silhouetted tree stands out

In gray morning light.

Signals

signals in the night

steady now, keep pace, keep track

geese on route north

signaler i nat

rolig nu, hold farten, hold kursen

gæs på ruten nord

Winter

some nights’ sky is clear

dark – cold – and yes December

remember the stars

nogle nætter er himlen klar

mørk - kold - og ja december

husker du stjernerne

Ice puddles again;
Winter dons it frozen shape.
Dim geometry.

cherished mold gardens
shrivel in Seattle's drought
Winter's been cancelled

flitting through the glades
haiku shouted to the wind
gleeful transience

..hope..>>also a mild kyoka

the tip
of my left hand's
index finger
has the mildest form
of frostbite, others too have hoped
~
..(C)2015 Spiros Zafiris..channeled; spirit
Ram; reaching into the poet's mind
~

(Not to be Repaid)

A word of explanation. I had uploaded this ostensibly to my blog (www.sarvananda.blogspot.com) but didn't look closely enough so it appeared here. Oh well. Enjoy!

Water in the glass
Shakes on the kitchen table
As I am writing.

Noiseless clod of snow
Falling swiftly to the ground
Followed by others.

Shadow on the tree
Last for only a second
Then cloud swallows it.

Scattered through the snow
Thin branches are silhouettes
Of a Spring to be.

Lines along the snow
Borrowed from adjacent fence;
(Not to be repaid).

Many woodpeckers
Have feasted on this old stump.
Now, it's mainly holes.

Lying off the road
Small Siberian tundra;
(Visiting Woodstock?)

The road is empty;
All I have for company
Is my monkey mind.

moonset over Tam
bleery Winter inversion
soft-focus dreamscape

Toyokuni Utagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni - 1769-1825

Toyokuni Utagawa was one of the great printmakers of the late 18th century who made himself known by his ukiyo-e of beautiful women and later of actors.As the head of the Utagawa school he was also the most influential man on the next generation of ukiyo-e designers.