Full Moon of the Winter Solstice (c) 2010 Martin Liebermann
As I post this, it is the morning of the winter solstice of 2015. Where I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the winter solstice officially happens tonight at 11:49 pm, EST. Wherever YOU are, it will happen at a different hour or perhaps the same. Readers of this blog come from all over the world–one of the joys in blogging is seeing the list of countries of readers–and I love imagining the moon going through its magical phases for each of you. Tonight, the solstice. Later this week, a full moon. What more could we want?
These are some of my earliest haiku:
WINTER MOON HAIKU
First published on Poets Online (c) Mary Kendall
Later used as lyrics in “Winter Moon” by Paul Carey, a piece for women’s chorus in (c) 2011.
night snow
boughs dreaming
of first blossoms
Fog filled woods~
even the winter moon
has lost its way
a winter walk
footprints
tell no tales
the blue moon
silently closes the door
upon the year
I enjoyed this sequence greatly, Mary. I especially liked:
night snow
boughs dreaming
of first blossoms
Your affinity with the moon is palpable. Also enjoyed your 3 haiku in hedgerow#61 and the 3 haiku about swallows are particularly fine, especially the first:
frail beauty–
scissoring the sky
on indigo wings
It is exquisite.
I found your ‘migraine’ haiga in cattails outstanding too.
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Thank you for your very generous comments on all these poems. It’s always a great pleasure knowing someone reads them, and it’s a double pleasure knowing poems are liked. Your comments bring me much joy on this cold February evening.
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they took me right into their world. lovely!
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My thanks. You’re very kind to take the time to comment. 😊
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Mary
These are lovely â my father, mother, and husband all died before Christmas â they speak to me.
XOXOX
Ruthlet
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Thank you, Ruth. I’m glad they worked as I’d hoped. 💝
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These are lovely Haiku. The beauty of a Haiku is they say so much in so few words. Love them.
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Thanks. Yes, that’s why I love them so.
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Calm, interior voices of insight. Thanks, Mary.
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I’m so happy you liked them. 💕
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🙂
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These are haunting and lovely, Mary! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with us!
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Many thanks, dear Robin. 💝
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