31 January 2020 (crow)

passing zone

the crow’s first tugs

at the roadkill

30 January 2020 (pine)

seeing the old pine

as if for the first time

winter sky

29 January 2020 (lights)

from the right angle

lights on a distant island

winter sky

28 January 2020 (lazy)

even snowflakes

lazy this morning

midwinter

27 January 2020 (ice)

January thaw

the plate tectonics

of river ice

26 January 2020 (scoters)

high seas

disappearing :: reappearing

surf scoters

In the haiku class I’m teaching now, we discussed the potential use of a double colon. Kala Ramesh says,

“The double colon is there to create an unweighted pause. A pause in the breath, a pause in thought. A pause that is different than the weighted or directional relationship our standard punctuation indicates. And that is also different than a hard line break. The two sides of the thought-pause may exist in harmony or in ambiguity.... ”

25 January 2020 (snow buntings)

snow buntings

unable to settle

this swirl of thoughts

24 January 2020 (snow)

fox moon

the pattern of tracks wind

leaves on snow

23 January 2020 (Venus)

window frost

by the time I get home

Venus has set

22 January 2020 (open water)

open water

alongside the ducks

a crow gets a drink

21 January 2020 (cold)

ten degrees

in the dark beyond the window

a dog barking