Fingertips of trees
Gusts of wind bear thistledown
Symphony in gray
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
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Snowtoro
Meet our snow creature: Snowtoro!
Snowtoro was inspired by Totoro, a movie by Hayao Miyasaki and Studio Ghibli. If you haven’t seen it, you’ve missed a gem. Two girls meet a big fluffy, teddy bear of a forest creature — the totoro. When the younger one disappears, Totoro helps the older girl search for her. You can watch the trailer here. Even two-year olds love this movie. Here is a Haiku in honor of a great film and my kids abiding love for it:
white tongue tastes
snowflakes drenched in freezing rain
Snowtoro smiles
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Another big storm is blowing through our area tomorrow with 12 inches of snow and freezing rain forecast. Another snow day and more sledding. Woo-hoo!
Snow Queen Haibun
I walk through my own personal cloud of crystalline breath. The nighttime is silent but for the thuds of snow falling from branches. The modern world disappears, and even the family van is a slumbering dragon. I pace the silent woods, twilight falling to full dark quickly.
ice chokes the pond
water reflects the dark sky
even my breath stills
I return to a long-ago winter. Lacy snowflakes fall all night. School is cancelled. Frost stars seal the window glass. I don three layers of clothes before pushing through drifts over my head. I forge new pathways. I enter an icy, secret world with caves, trolls, mountains and a snow queen.
hiding from monsters
across alien frozen worlds
in the quiet, is me
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This is a haibun, a Japanese form of writing, alternating prose and poetry, in this case, haiku. It has many rules. It should be present tense. The haiku should be without punctuation, except where a stop is indicated by a comma. Basho made this form famous.
Luminous Gold
sunlight on grass
spun into gold before me
we are all stardust
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
November Rose
pink November rose,
sweet-smelling fragrance rises
perfumes dreams of spring
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: The snow has arrived, and we are eating chocolate-chip oat cookies and apple crisp. We taught the boys to play hearts, and having fun. I hope you are, too. Blessings to all!
Note 2: Unbelievably, I wrote this post yesterday, and I ran out of time to post it before other duties called. Then Michelle Marie wrote her post for me, that I reblogged today, and it’s as if she knew!! She is psychic!
Giving Thanks
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
storm wind gusts
shakes leaf from its anchor
it falls, giving thanks
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Happy Thanksgiving to those in the United States, and Happy Fall to everyone else. This was inspired by the air spirits in the Carpe Diem #611 Haiku challenge, Sylph.
Squirrel Superhighway Haiku
Squirrels skitter past
On the treetop Autobahn
Catch a fuzzy glimpse
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Party with the Late Blooms
Autumn is under way
Come party with the late blooms
Dance till Jack Frost comes
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Despite having snow flurries on Sunday, we still have blooms here and there. This poem is a haiku, with five, seven and five syllables on each line.
Brownie Crofter
brownie crofter
farms moss and pine needles
hides from tax man
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Fairy Footprints
fine golden dust
gilds the lily, draws wee folk
fairy footprints shine
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Scent of Morning
Sunflower Bows
hazy heat dances
cello music sings from windows
sunflower bows
Note: This haiku was in response to the Carpe Diem Haiku prompt, Sunflower.
Friendly Fairy Tales 