winter florets (haibun)

CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, Haibun, Haiku 1 Minute

Memories of long ago so vivid, she can taste it. A young girl walks to school in the bitter cold. Crunch crunch, echo from her tiny feet.  White smoke comes out her mouth like magic and dewdrops trickle from her eyes clouding her vision.

florets
smaller than springtime buds
sit on eyelashes

looks up open-mouthed
flower tingles her warm tongue
snowflake melts
© Tournesol’15/11/06

CDHK – Flower Like Snow flake

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A little bit about moi: I am a mom, a nana, a sister, a woman, a friend, a human being…a youth counsellor, Family Life Educator. I have been working in the helping profession for over 25 years and volunteered in various capacities from youths to seniors. Tournesol is my nom de plume for haiku and other Japanese form poetry here at Tournesoldansunjardin https://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com I hope you enjoy reading through my daily waka. I also have another blog "Stop the Stigma" where I may stand on my soapbox now and then and hope it will become a place to drop in and share or comment on issues important to you. In that vein this could be a great way to learn from each other. http://stigmahursteveryone.wordpress.com

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19 thoughts on “winter florets (haibun)”

      1. wow. Where do you live that it gets that cold? (If I may ask) I feel bad complaining about winter when the coldest it gets is -8 F not counting the wind chill

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      2. Well now the temps go down to minus -35C but with the windchill -40 I live in Québec but it gets even colder in Manitoba, so I should really not complain.

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      3. Ah so you’re my neighbor to the north! One of these days I’m going to get on the train to Quebec. It leaves from a station 4 miles from my apartment. One of these days.

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