The Haiku 1
morning fog
the sunflowers
in a blanket of frost
--Lorelyn Arevalo
the tearoom is thronged
with dead leaves
--Lavana Kray
clear winter day
a magpie picks through
pomegranate leftovers
--Tomislav Sjekloća
the leaves are still visible
under a thin layer of snow
it's still snowing
--Mykyta Ryzhykh
under a thin layer of snow
it's still snowing
--Mykyta Ryzhykh
first snow
a robinsong blooms
among holly berries
--Christina Chin
holly berries
blood stains
snow
--Sarah das Gupta
blocks away from another ...
rain and snow mixed
--Chen-ou Liu
a blast of cold wind
eddies of sand fill the air
gulls turn, face the wind
--Edward W. L. Smith
inner city snow
whitecapped scrap metal yard
barking Doberman
--John Grey
whitecapped scrap metal yard
barking Doberman
--John Grey
January crows
stare down from barest branches
black and white morning
--Ron. Lavalette
feet up
in the snowbank
an unknown bird
--Kimberly Kuchar
my hat
a block ahead of me
--John Grochalski
The Haiku 2
eight California quail
huddle on blue spruce branch
heavy morning snow
--Lynne Goldsmith
first breath of winter
rooks call their parliament…
find us wanting
--John Hawkhead
the horses seem at home
in the snow-covered fields
--Timothy Resau
midwinter…
trying to recall
the scent of a daffodil
--Tony Williams
wind chill
sparrows
chirping unseen
--Carl Mayfield
a cold winter night
Orion chases doves
--Ceri Marriot
cold sea
pleasure the sting
upon the wind
pleasure the sting
upon the wind
--James Young
winter field
blackbirds settling in
the tent city
--Deborah A. Bennett
the oriole nest
swings against the leafless sky
silent winter bell
--Pepper Trail
even in December,
the hedges seem to sprout
chickadees
--David Josephsohn
morning sun
the slow ricochet
of river ice
--Frank Hooven
sleet
the cattle stand
inside themselves
--JS Absher
the cattle stand
inside themselves
--JS Absher
The Haiku 3
old limbs crack and pop
smoke lifts into the snow clouds
the kettle simmers
--Tom Lagasse
cold, the saw teeth cut
wet pine plops as pulp
winter’s first snow
--Jeff Burt
a chill on my nose,
fingers freezing from a touch,
winter setting in
--Kathryn Holeton
fingers freezing from a touch,
winter setting in
--Kathryn Holeton
deep in wine thought
another snowflake falls
to the cracked pavement
to the cracked pavement
--John Grochalski
half-moon in the window
even my bed
is covered in snow
even my bed
is covered in snow
--JS Absher
winter concert at night
at the end we stand clapping
the sound of heavy rain
--Sister Lou Ella Hickman, I.W.B.S
crushed berries underfoot
discolor the snow
cleared paths
--Jerome Berglund
late snow
the ground... the colour
of a day moon
--Marilyn Ward
bright winter morning
a north wind rattles
the bones of old maples
--James Babbs
komorebi
the dying red sun
of a winter's day
--Ceri Marriott
early winter snow
drifting outside my window
each flake falls alone
--Pepper Trail
bell’s toll
all but lost
in this storm
--Helen Buckingham
Winter
Marco Fraticelli
milkweed pods
filled
with snow
winter funeral
breakfast and supper
in the dark
through bare branches
the blue
jay
vigil for the victims
my daughter's swing
fills with snow
sowbugs
hiding
in the firewood
the stone buddha
in snow
up to his smile
fireplace ashes
cover
the compost pile
over the cemetery
geese
returning
at the muffler shop
instant coffee
in a styrofoam cup
after the funeral
the children
making snow angels
this longest night
a maple leaf
for a bookmark
covid 19
snowflakes melt
as they touch the street
the lake freezes
crows feet
in the mirror
winter solstice
a leaf drops
from the plastic plant
new years morning
behind the jam jars
a broken cocoon
filled
with snow
winter funeral
breakfast and supper
in the dark
through bare branches
the blue
jay
vigil for the victims
my daughter's swing
fills with snow
sowbugs
hiding
in the firewood
the stone buddha
in snow
up to his smile
fireplace ashes
cover
the compost pile
over the cemetery
geese
returning
at the muffler shop
instant coffee
in a styrofoam cup
after the funeral
the children
making snow angels
this longest night
a maple leaf
for a bookmark
covid 19
snowflakes melt
as they touch the street
the lake freezes
crows feet
in the mirror
winter solstice
a leaf drops
from the plastic plant
new years morning
behind the jam jars
a broken cocoon
The Haiku 4
morning stillness
new snow clinging
to the spruce
--Bri Bruce
dahlia field
the short day
shorter
--Daya Bhat
crystal prisms
leap over Cathedral Falls
streaming colors
--Douglas J. Lanzo
the whither
of the river
lost for a while
in the flood
--Herb Tate
surrounded by pines
decorated in snow
lone cabin
--Roberta Beach Jacobson
January dusk
icicles hanging
from the barren aspens
--Danny Daw
five deer run
their tails whiter than the snow
last night there were six
--Royal Rhodes
stay home moon
young grass waiting
under snow
--Deborah A. Bennett
enough
to make the snow shine
three-quarter moon
--Tony Williams
full moon / full moon,
O, full moon over the
snow-covered pines
--Timothy Resau
bridging the gap
between headstones
fallen snow
between headstones
fallen snow
--Ravi Kiran
meandering
into mist...
the winter brook
--Ram Chandran
The Haiku 5
the black and white world
midwinter beneath the moon
breath mistaken for ghosts
--Tom Barlow
winter rain
the leaves hang on
to every raindrop
--Minal Sarosh
death cap mushroom
beneath the oak
cold moon
--Farah Ali
ice-glazed mulberry branch
a blue jay's call
falls to Earth
--Joshua St. Claire
dead of winter
abandoned spider web
above the garage door
--James Babbs
harsh winter
the smothering warmth
of the funeral home
--Vandana Parashar
winter solstice—
the long shadow
of my father’s leaving
--Adele Evershed
winter light
mist in the grey
of shrouds
of shrouds
--John Hawkhead
so cold the waterfall
freezes in mid-flow -
the ice moans
--Ceri Marriott
hawthorn hedge
winter bones stripped bare
--Sarah das Gupta
snowfall
deepening
silence
--C.X. Turner
The Haiku 6
the brouhaha
of coppersmith barbets
early sunset
--Daya Bhat
winter night
the drum beater warms his drums
in the pyre
--R. Suresh babu
in the grip of winter
the mistletoe
welcomes the thrush
the mistletoe
welcomes the thrush
--Ceri Marriot
on the bench
a stranger's park coat —
crocus in snow
--Richa Sharma
fresh snow crows in the outfield
--Michael Dylan Welch
no snow on the ground
January in LA
traffic getting worse
--CLS Sandoval
broken fence winter adrift
--Barrie Levine
frosted housetops
distant sun peeks through pine trees
chill still remains
--LaMon Brown
a pair of geese
heading downriver
winter sunset
--Ruth Holzer
winter sunset
the way our shadows
wrap themselves up
--Cody Huddelston
We open sheer silk
robes to name winter’s great stars—
Cassiopeia
--Karla Linn Merrifield
stuck by the window -
if it wasn't for the blizzard,
I'd find your tracks
--Lavana Kray
Tan-renga
old man winter
i peel off the moon
and lie in my bed
the distant call
of a snowy barn owl
--Uchechukwu Onyedikam/Christina Chin
kingfisher —
flashes orange
cyan and blue
reflected on a floe
in the Naeroyfjord
--Christina Chin/Paul Callus
To Hear the Ocean
by Rebecca Drouilhet
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
—From Sea Fever by John Masefield, 1902
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
—From Sea Fever by John Masefield, 1902
Years pass, but the glass on the water is not a secret. The Sixth Extinction is not an illusion. Creatures on this planet are vanishing at one thousand to ten thousand times the rate of natural loss. This week, a Mississippi Coast native called for action to protect seabirds during Audubon's Seabird Fly-In, an event where staff and members met with members of Congress to advocate for coastal conservation. Audubon had recently issued a report stating that, since the 1950's, the planet has lost 70% of its shore birds. The causes cited included pollution, climate change, invasive species and loss of food. Humans compete with sea birds for prey such as sardines, or discard the birds' food sources as unwanted by-catch. Around the world, species are disappearing so fast that food chains are collapsing.
wave after wave
the message in a bottle
still unread