snowflakes fly sideways
grasses sing in the fierce wind
nature bows to storm
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Embracing the classical beginnings of haiku, as this author understands them, and as described in the post: Carpe Diem Goes Back to Its Roots #4 by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. I cannot hope to explain haiku better, so I just link in zen appreciation. Peace and Joy!
i love your offering, Brenda. the image works perfect with the haiku. ♥
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Thanks, Sun. Peace and Joy, Brenda
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This is beautifully done, Brenda. Happy New Year! 🙂
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Thanks, my friend. Happy New Year to you, too!
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Welcome at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Special Brenda and I hope to see you here again. What a nice wonderfully composed classical haiku you’ve shared with us all. Thank you for your kind words. I am your host here.
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Delighted to meet you, I have seen your footprints here and there. I am happy to look for your prompts in future. I love the haiku and tanka forms. All my writing is improving from embracing these forms. I’m not sure I fully understand all these rules, but I have the scent and I am on the trail. 🙂
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I like the word, “sing” instead of the darn whistling I hear through the trees and around the corners of the buildings close to my apartment building! The grasses sing! Yes, that cheers me up immensely, Brenda! Smiles, Robin
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I’m so happy, I thought the grasses looked quite happy, swatting at the snowflakes and bouncing around merrily. 🙂 I’m glad to cheer you up! Smiles to you, too! Brenda
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🙂
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🙂 Smiles all around.
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I nearly bent over in the blow of this beautifully expressive Haiku 🙂
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Aw, you are a delight, Morgan. Thanks for stopping by. 😀 Warmly, Brenda
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Reblogged this on Tao Moments, and commented:
: ) A beautiful stormy Haiku
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Wonderful, Kerry, want me to reblog?
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Brenda, that is a beautiful picture, be safe. Bill
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i like the blur, it shows what it was like outside. great pic and words, stay warm, brenda )
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I have a great coat!
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Try to stay warm, Brenda. We can’t have you getting sick!
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I’m warm now, but I have to go out into the icy vastness soon. Luckily, I have spikes I can put on my shoes.
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Having rarely seen snow I find it absolutely magical. I love the photo of the golden reeds against the fluffy white snow – it looks so magical. Your haiku adds to the magic. Reading your description of the weather conditions when you took the photo I realize it is actually cold, wet stuff that can make life difficult. Keep warm. 🙂
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Snow is better than an icy rain when the temps are dropping. That is bad news. Yesterday for instance.
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ohhhh lovely and chilly 🙂
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Nothing but chilly around here. 🙂
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What a lovely photo…nice haiku that fits so nicely with your pic.
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Thanks! It was a blustery, snowery day. 🙂
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What a lovely photo…nice haiku that fits so nicely with your pic.
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Brenda, I just love the gold color across the white snow. Beautiful. The haiku so strong.
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Thanks. That grass was as tall as me! I liked the gold, too. Warmly, Brenda
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The snow and the wind are so very eloquently displayed in the pic AND in your words.
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Thanks. The picture is a bit blurry because the wind was really howling, and I had my back turned so the snow would not ruin the camera. 🙂 I was surprised it turned out at all well. LOL
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