Snow Haiku (No Snow Haiku)

This is a Snow Bunting, photographed by Captain Butterfly, of course - as there is no snow, as yet. Not down here on the coast anyway.

Winter Haiku
by Basho

Come, let’s go
Snow-viewing
Till we’re buried.

Awake at night—
The sound of the water jar
Cracking in the cold

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1690423/snow


Can I do

a new Haiku or will I rue

trying to?

Answer. No, I can't. I am glad I had a go though.  One day I may be able to get it right.  Or maybe, if I am in the Paradise earth, will I be able to have poetry lessons from Basho himself?!

It is still much too warm for the time of year. Thursday was like a sunny day in early Spring  We do actually need some proper cold weather as it kills of a lot of bugs, plus snow is a great way of irrigating the ground and filling the reservoirs.  It also looks so beautiful too.  My snow haiku would be trying to express that moment when you wake up on the morning and everything is quiet and white. It is one of those moments when you can feel the holiness of the world.

Thursday was a very difficult day.   It was very stormy, rocking the parked car as I waited for Col who was posting the 2026 calendars.  I had a long session with the Audiologist. The problem is my ears, not the hearing aids, alas.  My hearing has been stable for the last 5 years, but has suddenly taken a sharp turn for the worse - for no apparent reason other than old age. New hearing aids are on order, to be ready next year - and I am to make an appointment with my GP in  the new year too. Then we trekked through wind and rain to Specsavers where I chose new frames and ordered my new glasses, which I will also pick up in the new year.

The pair that will make me look just like Kate Moss have not been invented yet. But I am always hopeful.