cold snowy night
keeps the snow snowploughs busy
sits by the window
© Tournesol ’15/12/31
Daily Moments – Narrowing Focus Carpe Diem
Cold winter night (haiku – daily moment)
Tag: snow
snow angels (haibun – daily moments)
Sits by the window looking at the white blanket covering Mother Earth. Snow banks form hills tempting eager children. Cars hidden under mounds of whiteness; their owners deciding to forgo driving today and dig out their vehicles later…tomorrow is another day.
bemused and rapt
looks out at sheer whiteness
dreams of snow angels
© Tournesol’15/12/29
Daily Moments shared
merveille d’hiver/winter wonderland (Daily Moments – Haibun)
La luminosité des étoiles ainsi une pleine lune livrent une magie la nuit de Noël. Cette merveille compensa l’absence de neige. Le grondement du chasse-neige sur le pavé dégagea un son acceuillant. En regardant par la fenêtre, ce sens de l’émerveillement enfantin la baigna.
pelouse vêtu en blanc
conifères parsemé de neige
les merveilles d’hiver
A clear night under shimmering stars and full moon added Christmas magic. It almost compensated for no snow. Early morning groan of the mega snow plow scraping pavement was a welcome sound. Looking out the window, that childlike sense of wonder washed all over her.
white covered lawns
snow sprinkled evergreens
winter wonderland
(c) Tournesol’15
December 27’15 Daily Moments
Haiku scrabble : snowflakes
My muse and I playing scrabble…
(haiku)
snowflakes
kiss my nose
I sneeze
snowflakes
kiss my face
frisson
(tanka)
snowflakes
kiss my face,
sun glows
dripping down my chin
brightness blinds me
(haiku)
snow melting
reflecting golden sun
in the puddle
© Tournesol ’15
After the snow storm (haibun)
I took another long route to work today. After a snow storm, I love to see the trees covered with thick snow, many streets only one side is plowed. This reminds me when I drove to work at 6pm. I had to move my car to the other side so the snow plow could clear the street. There was usually always a warning, a truck drives up ahead with flashing lights and honks to warn a few drivers to move their vehicle, otherwise they get a hefty ticket.
Today I was in awe at the parks and the trees. Of course I felt sorry for the cyclists because we have many avid winter cyclists who often have trouble finding their bike in the huge snow banks the snow plows created. Today it was wet heavy snow and the streets were slushy. My feet were soaken wet…guess my boots are not as waterproof as I thought.
After the snow storm
Sopping city streets get messy
fairyland parks
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night snow plows
craft high snow banks
ignoring cycles
© Tournesol ’14
cold bedding (haibun)
Ten days passed since I had been to work, and since I had marched on that footpath…my shortcut to work. Today I walked through the bush on this cold sunny day, slipping on the icy patches mourning the dormant shrubs…all I could see now, were patches of brown leaves and branches hugging the snow surface. I did not take a photo of this new image. No, looking around at the huge change, I needed to mourn the life trampled on by heavy wet snow. Tomorrow will be another day…then, and only then, perhaps shall I photograph this newly treacherous footpath.
sluggish bushes
disheveled on white
cold sheets
© Tournesol ’14
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