Winter's Haiku

WINTER’S HAIKU



Wind gusts over snow,
lifting settled drifts to dance;
dying down to rest.

Icicle sparkles,
frozen dripping water, stilled;
needle of sunlight.

Night sky bright with stars,
velvet diamond studded dome;
patterned perfection.

Tree stark bare-branched black,
cold snapped, sap drained, cracked;
brittle broken bark.

Earth cocooned by snow
hiding dreaming life below;
silently sleeping.

Red flash of robin breast,
berries bright on deep leaf green;
warmth bled amid white.

Snowflake falls, floats, swirls.
Crystalline cold lace flakes
drift down, feather soft.

Heavy trackless snow
drifting deeper silently;
bids footsteps follow.

Air frosted vapour,
inhaled biting burning breath;
gasping choking cold

Ice crystals, hoar frost
sculptured shards, frozen beauty;
lost with the sunrise.

Kite flying in the breeze,
bright colour splashing skyward;
freedom floats aloft.

Under mistletoe
eyes meet and hands and lips touch:-
moment melts like snow.