Sleet and snow falling.
Inactive withered fields lay,
seeds patiently wait.
Inactive withered fields lay,
seeds patiently wait.
Winter Haiku Poems
Haiku shaped by cold, snow, bare branches, short days, and winter stillness.
408 published haiku
So sure of itself
In the dead of the winter;
Dreamless, sleepless night.
In the dead of the winter;
Dreamless, sleepless night.
The fleece of winter,
iced juices and sweetened breeze,
cardinals courting.
iced juices and sweetened breeze,
cardinals courting.
Sunbeams slap the snow,
grassy pouches surfacing,
thick breads rise with warmth.
grassy pouches surfacing,
thick breads rise with warmth.
heavy with wet snow
dark long fingertips sky bound
point accusations
dark long fingertips sky bound
point accusations
The cool breeze hisses?
snow hides the big Everest
travelers climb up
snow hides the big Everest
travelers climb up
yesterday's cold wind
chimney smoke and street blown leaves
hours before snow
chimney smoke and street blown leaves
hours before snow
beautiful glacier
standing above small city
eyes touch snow clothed hills
standing above small city
eyes touch snow clothed hills
Snow-white butterfly
Floats by on a summer breeze
Slowly melts away
Floats by on a summer breeze
Slowly melts away
walking across snow
leaving watery footprints
as winter exits
leaving watery footprints
as winter exits
cemetery hill
rising snow carries the dead
further away still
rising snow carries the dead
further away still
puff of powder snow
permeates a cedar branch
her fingers thread his
permeates a cedar branch
her fingers thread his
hanging from a branch
where birds nested in the spring
icicles in pairs
where birds nested in the spring
icicles in pairs
Snow piles on the ground
Looking for longevity
First week in April
Looking for longevity
First week in April
fox tracks in old snow
pale sunlight through morning clouds --
planes out of Dulles
pale sunlight through morning clouds --
planes out of Dulles
winter snow melting
revealing green grass below
blue jays in the rain
revealing green grass below
blue jays in the rain
Pale green periscopes
Piercing seas of muddy snow
Seeking warmth and light
Piercing seas of muddy snow
Seeking warmth and light
thick piney refuge
feathered wallflowers sit out
blizzard's crazy dance
feathered wallflowers sit out
blizzard's crazy dance
covered by fresh snow
the kale roots sipping the melt:
birds peck at the edge
the kale roots sipping the melt:
birds peck at the edge
misty winter wraith
spreads pale and rimy fingers
a cool numbing touch
spreads pale and rimy fingers
a cool numbing touch
Red-tailed carnivore
dive-bombs cottontail rabbit;
geranium snow.
dive-bombs cottontail rabbit;
geranium snow.
Snow in our courtyard
Waiting by the windowsill
My breaths trace your name.
Waiting by the windowsill
My breaths trace your name.
Gray clouds hide the sun?
Snowflakes bustle past my nose?
Winter stomps his feet.
Snowflakes bustle past my nose?
Winter stomps his feet.
Illuminating
naked branches in the snow
- The buzzing porch lamp.
naked branches in the snow
- The buzzing porch lamp.
freezing rain and wind
dance across a wooden deck
winter's rhapsody
dance across a wooden deck
winter's rhapsody
pink japonica
blooms on bare limbs wet with rain --
last winter's shovels
blooms on bare limbs wet with rain --
last winter's shovels
Dare I lie me down
Amidst bare trees, floating songs
Lifting lonely souls?
Amidst bare trees, floating songs
Lifting lonely souls?
opaline snow rings
tarnishing the silver moon -
old age settles in
tarnishing the silver moon -
old age settles in
sun rays angle down-
a row of birch tree shadows
disguises deep snow
a row of birch tree shadows
disguises deep snow
white blanketed trees
snowflakes dancing from the sky
melting on my tongue
snowflakes dancing from the sky
melting on my tongue
parting laden pines
ice powdered boughs shiver fog
snow dust down my back
ice powdered boughs shiver fog
snow dust down my back
Earth turns to winter
Tree line falls; skyline rises
Fresh fallen asphalt
Tree line falls; skyline rises
Fresh fallen asphalt
snowflake minuet
white laden tranquility
nature's gift of peace
white laden tranquility
nature's gift of peace
snow laced window pane
cardinal perched on barren bough
winter solitude
cardinal perched on barren bough
winter solitude
musical cascade
snowflakes waltz in silent song
pure white symphony
snowflakes waltz in silent song
pure white symphony
A tawny blanket
Undulating as the wind
Strokes the winter wheat
Undulating as the wind
Strokes the winter wheat