alone
a single grey feather
on the cobblestones
on the cobblestones
inside the crowd
walking huddled in his coat
a lonely man
walking huddled in his coat
a lonely man
lost in the drifts
the first snowflake of winter -
no longer alone
the first snowflake of winter -
no longer alone
Christmas tree lights
accompany empty dawns -
lonely memories
accompany empty dawns -
lonely memories
© G.s.k. '14
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By chance I was looking for haiku about snow ... I wanted to see if Basho himself had written on the subject so I Googled: Basho Snow Haiku of course. I read many fine haiku by Basho, though none about snow ... however this one stuck in my mind, so I went to look for it this morning after I was writing my haiku for "solitude":
Won't you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the kiri tree.
© Basho (Matsuo Munefusa) (1644-94)
To inspire us, our host Chèvrefeuille included four poems by Jane Reichhold, we are looking to her for our modern kigo in our December posts:
the shape of wind
writing in dunes
loneliness
alone in the house
the flavor of peppermint
cold on the tongue
a journey begins
the way familiar
to the door
frozen to his feet
the length of a shadow
wanting to sleep
© Jane Reichhold
Here are twp of our host's example:
the vastness of the heath
just the sound of fresh fallen snow
a cold moonlit night
a cold moonlit night
just the sound of fresh fallen snow -
wandering over the moors
© Chèvrefeuille
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| Credits: Solitude Tree |
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