Winter Haikuby Charles de Lint |
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2002November 16Frost this morning and a cold wind, scatters leaves like broken promises November 17Snow falls thick and hard: instant winter arrives; good and bad, all covered November 20Shadow of a crow upon the snow is as black as the bird above November 23Snow on the spruce, on the maples; white on green, on brown; crow flies by November 29Ridiculous: another blizzard; the world goes quietly white November 30Drip, drip, drip...melting snow makes leaf skirts around the trunks of the spruce trees December 1Bitter cold and a new dusting of snow...still, I remember summer December 2Cacti on my desk, redolent of the desert, see me through winter December 3Bare-limbed trees and a crow overhead;shadows are darker in the snow December 4This I know for sure: animals live under our skin; secret, waiting December 6Coffee and tea on a winter day; tea for you, the other for me December 11Under the Christmas tree, a small cat pretends she's outside in the cold December 12I smile at the fields of snow, polka-dotted with twinned maple seed-keys December 13Bunny footprints in the melting snow: reminders that we share this land December 4This I know for sure: animals live under our skin; secret, waiting December 18Moonlight casts a pale blue light on the snow, winter perfect, cold and brisk December 21On a grey solstice day: crows, thin sunlight, restless spirits heading home December 25Pigeons swoop and rise in synchronized flight, writing wishes in the sky December 26The bare limbs of the trees shiver in the wind and speak in semaphore December 28Black squirrel under the spruce trees,searching out his cache of fall seeds | ||||||||
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