Winter Brings Out The Haikus In Me

Inside a Yellow Tulip Photo by Lydia Holt

 

 

Yellow

Winter is still here

Thank God for yellow tulips

I’m waiting for spring

 

 

 

Greetings Kettle Talkers! It’s been months. I know. If you want to see what I’ve been up to while not updating my blog, check out my Instagram. My default setting is hermit so come winter I want to do nothing more than stay inside, sip tea and wait for spring in peace. Thankfully I have two kids and live in New York City which forces me to get up and out even when I don’t want to. One of the things I’ve been doing is writing a haiku a day since the beginning of February. Why? I don’t know. This winter has just been an especially haiku-ish one, for me at least. I’ve collected some of them here for your enjoyment. You can find my daily haikus on Medium and Twitter.

Tea Photo by Lydia Holt

 

Tea

The perfect meeting

Leaves from the earth in water

Fire it and blow

 

Snowfall in Prospect Park Photo by Lydia Holt

 

Winter

Silence surrounds us

Even while the air whispers

Quieting our steps

 

 

Solitude

Winter Sky Photo by Lydia Holt

Silence, you are bliss

Tis the company of trees

That I most prefer

 

To Gales 

Thanks, now my face hurts

My cheeks don’t feel like my own

Throbbing on my face

 

 

Snow Photo by Lydia Holt

 

Winter 2

Bundle up and trudge

Rotate the world, spin, repeat

Look for the sun, up

 

 

Slush

by Lydia Holt

The blizzard is over

Slush awaits on the corners

Wade or jump, your choice

 

Star

Burning, fiery bright

Roiling energy spinning

Pulling small things near

 

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