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
A Poet in Time 
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.
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.
they took me right into their world. lovely!
My thanks. You’re very kind to take the time to comment. 😊
Mary
These are lovely â my father, mother, and husband all died before Christmas â they speak to me.
XOXOX
Ruthlet
Thank you, Ruth. I’m glad they worked as I’d hoped. 💝
These are lovely Haiku. The beauty of a Haiku is they say so much in so few words. Love them.
Thanks. Yes, that’s why I love them so.
Calm, interior voices of insight. Thanks, Mary.
I’m so happy you liked them. 💕
🙂
These are haunting and lovely, Mary! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with us!
Many thanks, dear Robin. 💝