Snow Haiku Flurries,
Sort of,
By the Wenatchee River
Near Plain, Washington
Winter of 2007-2008
I shovel snow beneath cold stars
Moon shadows fall between tall trees
I dig my path to the tallest tree
I woke to white sunshine
And zero degrees outside
The river slowed with ice
I stood at river’s edge
Watching ice float downstream
Silver in white sunshine
Snow spins from frozen branches
Glitters as fractured glass
Ice sparkles in sunshine
Snow spins frozen
Glitters like glass
Sparkles in sunshine
Children laugh in snow
Cold crackles white
Bright is my deafness
Breath hangs frozen in air
Amid clusters of evergreen branches
Where I walk past cold trees
Western red squirrel poises
Halfway up a ponderosa pine
And barks as I carry firewood
Yesterday two pickup trucks filled with snow
Race ahead thru lowland rain
Bemused I watch them go
Sun burns cold across winter skies
Settles down behind yonder ridge
As I gather up another armload of firewood
Deep in dark woods
Next to one silent cabin
A giant crucifix twinkles red with Holiday lights
Gorgeous woman one year away from forty
Sinks silently into our hot tub
Naked her eyes behold me
Clouds blow in across the Moon
Snow falls from darkness
Trees whisper in the wind
She emerges from the hot tub
Slips on her bathrobe backwards as snowflakes fall
Tiptoes to the railing, bends over and wiggles
Together we join with the darkness
The lights within become one
We slip in the snow and laugh
Our bed is warm before the fire
We slide under heavy covers
And snuggle with pillows
Sleep is most divine
Though often dismissed
I close my eyes as breaths flow free
William Dudley Bass
January 2008
March 2012
Plain/Leavenworth, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Cascadia
NOTE: First crafted between late November 2007 and early March 2008, they were originally published on my earlier website, Cultivate and Harvest, on November 19, 2008, at http://cultivateandharvest.blogspot.com/2008/11/snow-haiku-flurries.html. Then I revised and republished them here this March 2012.
Copyright © 2008, 2012, 2016 by William Dudley Bass. All Rights Reserved until we Humans establish Wise Stewardship of and for our Earth and Solarian Commons. Thank you.
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