Tag: winter

Winter Tanka 1:2

1

flock of geese in flight
black petals against the sky
can you hear their call
on a sunset in winter
discordant harmonicas

2

trees in winter’s sun
cast long afternoon shadows
snow on their branches
wingéd angels garbed in white
singing praise in high places

D. G. Vachal © 2025

Images by Hans Benn @pixabay; Fietzfotos@pixabay

Winter Haiku 15:17

15

January light
slowly dove-grey turns the sky
rains jasmine petals

16

lost in dark forest
i long for flames you kindled
to warm my cold arms


17

yet sparrow alights
upon a skeletal branch
sings in stark winter


D. G. Vachal © 2025

Image by Myungho Lee @Pixabay




Suddenly December

Suddenly December

Winter without warning:
surreptitious arctic air
connives with the wolverine wind,
reap the harvest of fallen petals
and gem-colored leaves —

too soon the parting
of melancholic seasons,
the reluctant goodbye
to a place
where you and I once stood
and time was an intruding
stranger —

truly once
there was such a place —

suddenly December
rainbow colors
of moments past
covered
with pristine snow.

D. G. Vachal © 2024

Image by Erik Karits @pixabay

Winter Haiku 11:14

Winter Haiku 11:14

11
frozen twigs lie low
gray fox roams the winter fields
the hungry squirrel

12
silence grows louder
the desolate lily pond
croaking toad has left

13
i  heard your laughter
at night the light of your face
heart bleeds in the snow

14
a thousand journeys
through hills and icy rivers
to hold your warm hand

D. G. Vachal © 2024