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Christmas shopping--
I can't board the train
but they are regular

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Christmas lights dazzling -
deep in the beggar's cap
dull brown pennies

Downtown View

Gobbling

skyscrapers
fog

Joy of the Season

great wine find in store
splurging on a case-
merry Christmas to me

clammy morning-
frozen leaves droop on vines
under grey skies

first snow -
hurriedly winding up
the garden hose

the thistle leaf -
its own glittering
icicles

Crows in Winter

on the foggy trees
the crows are still
blinking their eyes
& stretching their tails


Poet-in-Residence

COLD SNAP COMING

at first light
aching knees say cold's coming
who needs Accu- Weather?

few snow grains so white, so innocent the storm breaks

sniego kruopelė tokia balta, nekalta pūga prasideda

WINTER

silence of birds
and sun so miserly
I feel homesick:
mists, fogs and leaflessness
add to monotony


--R.K.SINGH

imagining
the scent of jasmine
in winter rain-
such a list,
the things I can't have

Dusk, In recline

Descending Hues,

Long shadows fall

Coffee and frost

weekend fun-
snow flake manicure designs
for the season

WINTRY WIND

wintry wind
bangs the window tonight
my thoughts agitate


--R.K.SINGH

Xmas Haiku

alabaster snow
in an agitated bubble
hides the scene


Gwilym Williams
http://poet-in-residence.blogspot.com

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The new Winter Railway timetable came into force
yesterday so I hope this doesn't happen this year too! ;-)

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winter timetable-
the late train leaves behind
half a school trip

Blithe Spirit 
British Haiku Society journal  
vol 17 no. 1 March 2007

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Centerpiece

hot glue burn
from the holiday centerpiece
this empty place
now that I’ve built my life around
your absence

Two apples
frozen in time
so are we

Winter Blues

down time-

wondering what's my legacy

in all this chaos

Adventures In Meditation

Feeling pensive when I wake I decide to go out and meditate in the chill morning air. I build a fire in my chiminea and sit in the lotus position on my swing. The warmth from the chiminea is soothing me as I close my eyes, take a deep breath and start to relax. "Ommmmmmm...ow, ow, ow, ouch!" I look down and see my orange kitten's teeth latched onto my thumb drawing blood. Dozer, my 60 lb. bulldog hears my yelp of pain and decides he wants in my lap along with the kitten. The kitten gets scared and wraps her paws around my neck and is unwilling to let go as Dozer tries to lick me in the face. Ugh!

Sighing, no longer in the mood to meditate, I wondered if Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ever had these problems?

warmth radiating
from a fire pit
inner peace

dead leaf
hangs on a dead limb-
winter wind
interrupts the cold
brutal silence

BLUE ROSES

Morning sun
in the dewy lawn:
blue roses


--R.K.SINGH

winter rain
pelting the windshield
on the way home

Early Frost

early frost...
wondering which of us
has changed

Sciurus carolinensis

December morning
Sciurus carolinensis
pauses

haiga © gerald england, 2007

snowbound
loudly ticking clock
cabin fever

Winter's children float.

Green bed of water supports

as cold rocks embrace.

her heavy bags fall
she falls -
snow melts on her staring eyes

chilly first light
dark green grass
poking through the snow

snow man -
children show me
how to make one

Big Easy Christmastime
tent city
near City Hall

Going Out To Eat

Walking out the door he says "we'll go at noon...I'll give you a call." I jump up and start getting dressed so I'll be ready when he calls. The dog gets excited because he senses we are getting out of the house today. Noon comes and goes...no call. I carry the phone around with me everywhere I go so I will not miss his call. 1:00, 2:00, 3:00...still no call. Thirty eight years of waiting for calls that will not come. One day I will learn his word means nothing.

icy wind
raking desolate fields
bitterness

Winter still lives here

but the ebbing of the sun

moves cold beyond reach.

cool breeze
kisses the cheeks
winter's blush

first snow-
angels instead of football
on my lawn

cedar trees
burdened with ice
bow

wind in the chimney -
broken things
race along the street

at the mall
wafting the side doors-
the smell of snow

cold, crisp morning
not fully in winter’s grip –
desert roses bloom

listening to the roof,
trying to discern –
squirrels or branches?

evening commute
first snowflakes bouncing off
car window

Winter's light blanket

Hillside sleeps beneath its weight

Past turns to future

winter wind
and the sound of branches
arguing

advent candles
flickering -
the wind's long journey

Frustration

30 minutes standing

22 people deep

Front of the line

Daddy, I dont want to sit in Santas lap.

End of the Season

at the end of the season
I find some things
still clinging--
this blood-brown leaf
and thoughts of you



With our first ice storm of the year, Autumn is officially over.

country road
a doe licks salt
through the ice

Jingle Bells

It's the busy holiday season. Downtown people are rushing to get their gift shopping done. A Salvation Army bell ringer raises money for the local shelter. I give homeless people scant thought as I drop a dollar in the can, and then I walk away. I button my coat against the wind.


cold Christmas morning
on the theater fire escape
a sleeping bag

start of advent
red, green and gold goody bags
wait to go to work