Merry Christmas to all those who read breath – it’s been a pleasure having you along over the past year of haiku musings. And my very best wishes for a healthy and productive New Year.
Here are a few seasonal haiku to see us on our way to Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and beyond!
Photo: Menchi, via Wikipedia.
christmas eve
in the taxi cab
a scent of pine
– Tom Painting
bottle rockets 12 (2006)
toll booth lit for Christmas —
from my hand to hers
warm change
– Michael Dylan Welch
Second place, Henderson Haiku Contest (HSA), 1995
birthcry!
the stars
are all in place
– Raymond Roseliep
from haiku mind by Patricia Donegan (Shambhala, 2008)
summer solstice –
the flock passes into darkness
one by one
– Sandra Simpson
A Hundred Gourds 3.4 (2014)
Christmas eve
in the courtyard below
a flutter of wings
– Pamela Miller Ness
The Heron’s Nest 3.5 (2001)
Christmas night
the lights on the house opposite
blink blink blink blink
– Sandra Simpson
Prune Juice 19, 2016
shaving foam
Santa in my mirror
waits for wishes
– Alexey Andreev
Presence 56 (2016)
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