life
amid the bare branches
Japanese maganolias

Spring is coming...

Please send me an email - alison.williams@virgin.net - if you'd like an invitation to Spring Haiku 2007.

brilliant light
probing a deep sleep -
full moon


- Stephanie Roberts

mother and daughter
planting bulbs -
the dark earth

Dancing lights-
Afternoon snowflakes sparkle
as they skim river

Transit Woes

Frigidly clear day
car in the garage for hours
where are my earmuffs?

poet's funeral
the piper blows a lament
snowdrops' heads hang

frigid wind -- rubbing happy hotei's belly

chill in the air

favorite boss
resigns unexpectedly
rumors swirl

wonderful!
snowdrops
I can't remember planting

wind chill advisory —
a creditor’s
neatly-typed letter

Bird feeder

Three Sparrows -
waiting in the bush,
for the cat to go away.

rice paper shade
the tall potted plant leans
toward winter light

View From Factory Window

new snowfall
cloaking the city with calm
children skipping

winter flood

seven centuries bridge-
feeding swans
and my breath cloud

Alan Summers

winterflood detail
artwork by Dave Alderslade
reproduction rights paid January 2007

Note: 
Bradford on Avon's town bridge 
has 7 centuries of history 
and still going strong.

tonight
the moon and I
smile at each other

winter hives
tiny hearts
in the darkness

January —
a broken toy
in the snow bank

sun's warmth

dust motes dance

in the winter light

words vanish

Crankin'

whiff of hyacinth
wakens tremendous longings
to play in the dirt

Comet McNaught in Daylight

Comet McNaught in Daylight

Photo: Alexandru Conu
Text: Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

A preview of a new international astro-haiku project, which will appear on February, 2007 in Cosmopoetry - SARM and Friends - http://www.cosmopoetry.ro/

sixtieth birthday -
her garden celebrates
with the first snow

cold terrace --

resting on the eave

a lopsided moon

Unexpected Treasure

winter morning
glistening on back porch
rimed nandina

many tiny worlds
raindrops
on my glasses

restless night —
a distant
snow plow

she sees him
singing in all his glory
winter sky gazing

aaargh.

finally.
his boots on, and snowsuit zipped.
me potty, mommy?

First snow of season
catching up on reading
yen for oxtail stew

Hazel

continued cold —
the dog lies down
between us

four days on
from the winds
and still no dustbin

turning 63....Moon of Frost in the Teepee

January wind
one less sycamore
on the avenue


more on the storms at Ackworth born and Hyde DP

surprise at dawn
the glazed world
shimmers

weeeeeeeeeee

sailing through the air
his reflection in the ice
no cleats on his boots
.

Feeling it'

distracted at work
winter cold seeping into my bones
over paperwork

Executive presentation
I count the number
of nouns he uses as a verb

freezing rain —
our unpaid
electric bill

Look Forward

Jammed packed schedule
spending precious moments
Planning spring garden

at the end of
the reaching shadow
snow dusted chair

sun through winter trees
the first green carpet
of wheat

56 degrees -
the bite of winter
in my office


- Stephanie Roberts

Winter Solace

After shift from hell
curled up with tea on couch
watching frozen moon

Hazel

(yesterday)

from fifty-five

to nineteen degrees:

one day's journey

(today)

frozen fingers

and the full shopping cart --

a cup of tea

rising winter sun

gift given again

again embraced

Personal Winter

Warm January day
Missing the cool winter breeze
when flashing

Hazel

In the past 24 hours, there has been a 30 degree drop in temperature.

Yesterday, 8:30 a.m.

finishing breakfast
in sleeveless dress
staring at garden

******************************

Today, 8:30 a.m.

socked foot into
closed shoe
ouch!

January rain —
a new leak
in the basement

syncopation

black ice (and variation)

black ice —
an impromptu meeting
with the boss

black ice —
waiting to meet
with the boss

love in montana

winter’s lips
on my shoulders.
goosebumps.

the warmth is gone

the warmth is gone,
chased away by the rain
and wind-
writing at midnight
with swollen and stiff knuckles

waving goodbye

(haiku only was published in Simply Haiku V1 N1)

Windchime's pleasant sounds
warning of a coming storm
swirling leaves at play

Hibernia

winter retreat
quieting my spirit
awaitng the change

Hazel

family pictures

with no memories attached

endless winter sky

January purge -
escaping the drawer
stag socks


- Stephanie Roberts

winding
a friend's alpaca yarn
in air-conditioned cafe'

Orion swirls
in a deep blue wind
-late night walk

angelee

north wind

north wind...
her voice

Duck platforms and fishermen's ledges

winter rains:
the duck ledge also gone
for the fishermen

new year

and old photos

striking a balance

Cranes fly overhead
gliding on south wind currents
temperatures will fall

Monet calendar--
skating across the lake
a spider

winter grooms

.

dreams of her
memorial service cling
turning up the heat

cold...

cold rain —
the sad girl
at the end of the bar

cold drizzle —
my ex-wife’s voice
on the answering machine

in the bitter chill
yellowed ginkgo leaves
still holding on

angelee

one strand left

of a spider web-

winter wind

starless

starless winter night —
all the Christmas lights
are gone

call from the past

.
First published in Haigaonline, issue 7-2, autumn/winter, 2006
.
Natalia L. Rudychev

pussy willows
bursting through the branch
winter wind through their hair

new year clouds
the panda's birth news
switches to the battlefield

January
on the promenade
forsythia buds

bacci ball
in shirt sleeves
winter on hold

a neighbor strolls

comfortable in shorts

where's winter

our house -
a little paler with
Christmas packed away

January rain

January rain —
we take down
the Christmas tree

after the rains
rose petals
on the bricks

after the rains
blue sky
skinny gray clouds

packing decorations -
the snow-globe
plays a last few notes

swords earthed....the cold rain passes

I pulled the above card -- the Three of Swords in The Manga Tarot -- at random, with the intention of using whatever card I got for inspiration for a 'ku. BTW, the Japanese glyph in the upper left is "winter." [The Manga Tarot, by Riccardo Minetti and Anna Lazzarini, published by LoScarabeo/Llewellyn]

global warming
digging out last year's
snow haiku

first full moon

first full moon —
a midnight conversation
with my son

Vancouver Haiku Contest

The weather in the US has been rather unusual lately.

On the eastern coast, cherry blossom trees are already blooming in Washington, D. C. and Brooklyn, NY!

So, look on the web if you need inspiration for this Vancouver contest!

http://www.vancouvercherryblossomfestival.com/submit.php

nation of immigrants
purple African violet blooms
among Irish 3 leaf clovers

fading
in the cold sky

The 40th. WHA Haiga Contest (12/2006) Natalia L. Rudychev

Japanese translation by Ban'ya Natsuishi
.

Natalia L. Rudychev

tears....setting winter sun in my eyes

my snow --
camelia petals
on weeds

Re ukku spring haiku reprive

Following my recent announcement that I planned to delete ukku spring haiku (due in part for the fact there had been no postings there for seven months) I now understand that there is a lobby to retain it and efforts are on-going to achive the contents elsewhere.

Rather than create a load more work, the simple answer to this conundrum is to leave the site where it is and for me to remove myself and any associated rights from it. Which is what I have done. So it's all yours folks...

matt

first morning
candy wrappers, empty bottles
spill from the bag

ski slope -
the boy zips past
his Dad


- Stephanie Roberts

New Year’s Day —
all the snow
washed away by rain

minute to midnight -
a firework celebrates
too soon



together
we hang a new calendar
on the old pin

another New Year's
oldies but goodies haunt
and delight

* * * *

unfinished
she accepts the half-glass
of golden liqueur


[The second is based on a very recent dream, and was yesterday's Daily Dream Haiku post on my blog.]