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haiku: late snow

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haiku: late snow

the late winter snow
covering the Lenten Rose
Easter’s lily comes

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
March 13, 2022

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Author’s note: We had a big,
cold winter snow in Nashville
yesterday. About six inches
deep, and I thought of the
Lenten Rose I had seen
blooming a few day before
on a much warmer day.

haiku: old man dreams

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haiku: old man dreams

old man dozing off
sun beams in his smiling face
balancing his chi

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
February 19, 2022

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‘a place in the sun’

haiku: vibrations of the Cosmos

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haiku: vibrations of the Cosmos

waning crescent moon
ethereal Venus bright
soon the new moon rises

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 29, 2022

photo by author
taken this morning

haiku: winters morning sky

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haiku: winters morning sky

a dawn winter morn
yellow, orange, red scarlet skies
beauty reigns supreme

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 24, 202

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haiku: sun melting snow

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haiku: sun melting snow

winter sun returns
ice crystals twinkle like stars
evergreens drip, drip, drip, drip, drip

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 19, 2022

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haiku: winter tableau

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haiku: winter tableau

perching lone red bird
warming in the the winter sun
snow covered earth white

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 8, 2022

photo by author

Author’s note: I have been
working on this haiku all
week while being housebound
by heavy snows in the Central
Basin of the Highlands of
Middle Tennessee. I wrote the
haiku before witnessing the
actual event of a cardinal
appearing in the underbrush
on a freezing sunny snowy winter
day when I took this photo.
Matching my poetry with art
and photos is a major part of my
creative process.

haiku: big ole snow

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haiku: big ole snow

skies pink and purple
frozen winter wonderland
silence’s softening

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 7, 2022

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Author’s note: Upon awakening
this morning early, after 6 inches
of snow yesterday, my front door
was frozen shut, and as the dawn
arrived the sky offered a dazzling
display of soft colors in the frozen
white silence surrounding me.

haiku: the falling snow

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haiku: the falling snow

watching clumps of snow
falling from tree tops snow flakes
billowing in air

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 3, 2022

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haiku: first snow 2022

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haiku: first snow 2022

snow blankets the ground
layered upon the tree branch
floating white crystal

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
January 3, 2022

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Author’s note: A familiar glow
from outside woke me last night
where upon looking out, I was
greeted by several inches of snow
on the ground. For those of us making
our homes here in middle Tennessee,
we have experienced wildly
varying weather over the last week
from record heat in the 70’s, to tornado
warnings and storms, and now snow
with temperatures in the 20’s. The
snow and cold are beautiful!

 

haiku: moon light on the road to Bethlehem

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haiku: moon light on
the road to Bethlehem

oh moon of winter
hovers in misty treetops
lighting up the way

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
December 20, 2021

photo by author

taken this morning

Author’s note: The moon was

lovely in the misty barren tree
limbs this morning outside my
abode. Being Advent I was
reminded that Mary and Joseph
would have been traveling on
the way to Bethlehem for the tax
census demanded by the Roman
occupation at that time. Mary fully
pregnant, on a grueling, dangerous
trip from Nazareth with only
moonlight to light the way at night.
Another example of the Empire’s
dominance and oppression over the
Citizens of Judea and their prayers
for the fulfillment of a Messiah to
liberate them.