Tag Archives: snow

haiku 197

skull outline
in the ice and snow –
shiver

haiku 194

season’s first snow –
young dog usurps
straw bale shelter

haiku 147

heavy snow —
dogs call truce
to share the porch

Fiction: Setback

Mel had been dithering for an hour, which annoyed him. He had been so decisive when he was younger.

“God, how my kids will complain,” he told Rufus. “And it probably won’t be long before some helpful neighbor comes over or sends a grumbling kid to do it for me.”

He thought a moment longer. Then he snapped his fingers.

“But I’m going to do this whether anyone approves or not.”

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haiku 105

trudging through new snow
to get the mail —
first day of spring

haiku 101

foggy night—
dog rolls around
in the snow

haiku 97

respite
snow melts
around the shovel

haiku 94

doe crosses
from one snowy field
to another

haiku 93

blizzard
snow trickles in
through the window

haiku 92

cemetery
snow melts
around the gravestones