I regularly launch my writing day with at least one haiku. I write them in a dedicated small notebook with a sturdy leather cover. This morning ritual grounds my thoughts and lubricates my writing mind. It has become part of my process.
Because it is winter in the southern hemisphere, a gathering of wintery haiku is at the forefront of my thinking. I have taken the time to gather a few of them together for you, dear reader to consider...
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| Mornington Pier |
Winter Haiku
Winter morning birds
Twitter through the morning gloom
Stoic tweeters all.
The shoreline is bleached
Under a low frowning sky
Rain is imminent.
Sky and water meet
Where the grainy light hovers
The horizon smudged
The day, cool and dim
The garden stilled and unmoving
The wind is elsewhere.
Wraps itself around the day
Dispensing shivers.
The fog advances
Spreading with stealth and silence
Owning the outdoors.
Alan j Wright
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| Fisherman's Beach, Mornington It is yet again, Poetry Friday and our host on this occasion is Tabatha Yeatts who among other things shares a poem about the importance of reserving a place in your heart for kindness by Julia Fehrenbaccher. |
Thank you for sharing your daily haiku, Alan! That's a great way to start the morning. I will tuck that idea away. I end the day with writing in a gratitude journal. I wonder if I could bookmark the day with journals?
ReplyDeleteI especially like your "winter's biting air" haiku. There's something about "dispensing shivers"! I also like "the wind is elsewhere."
Thank you, Tabatha. Bookmarking your day with journals sounds like an interesting idea. Glad you liked my word choices. Haiku is such a precise form of writing. It teaches us to be econmoical.
DeleteOh I love a "low frowning sky..." that owns the outdoors! Thank you for sharing your mornings with us!
ReplyDeleteIt was a pleasure, Patricia. Thanks for dropping by. Glad the words worked for you.
DeleteHow refreshing! I think "stoic tweeters" is my favorite...but then again, fog that is stealth is perfect. Your photo at the top of your post of Mornington Pier is positively bracing!
ReplyDeleteNot anonymous...Linda M.
DeleteThanks, Linda. Glad you enjoyed my wintery words. That pier is a bulwark against the wintery blasts, protecting the boats anchored in the marina.
DeleteHandsome collection of haikus Alan. As we had a very fog-filled day today your last haiku stood out to me. And I agree, fog "owning the outdoors" is definitely what fog does, quite an attitude it has too, thanks!
ReplyDeleteFog with attitude, I like that, Michelle. Thank you for your response.
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