Winter Haikus

Inspired by Beth Kempton's Winter Writing Sanctuary

Winter Haikus

Barren trees trembling
before gray skies and soft clouds
icicles shimmer

Ice skaters slice small
cuts noisily on black ice
soft snow covers wounds

Cinnamon candles
herald dark days and long nights
till the Oak King comes

Blackberry winter
intrudes upon June’s sweetness,
fragile blossoms fade

Deathwatch
Serial Haikus in one story

Back to bed he creeps
on cotton feet finding creaks
interrupting sleep

Chirping cricket sings
in the middle of the night
hairs on arms stand up

The darkness whispers
slick upon the air like snakes
in poison gardens

Secrets all around
floating like deadly dust motes
settling on old skin

Spirit trapped within
chained, choked, empty and brittle
forever broken