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WINTER Celestial

A Dictionary of Haiku
Jane Reichhold

air

frost sharp air
cut into pieces by sunshine
sparkling on snow

winter air
thick as the branches
bare

beginning of winter

winter begins
leaving for me alone
autumn

giving away
autumn kittens
winter begins

clouds

gathering clouds
heavy and dark with holding
unfallen flakes

low clouds
pressing out of the sea
huge waves

purple lava peaks
rain clouds hovering over
desert sunset

purple peaks
with fire-rimmed steam
sunset clouds

winter clouds
summer dreams
turning to ice

night light
thin cloud cover guides me
across the room

dark on the sea
a rain cloud brushes
the tops of waves

cloud dark
joined to sea dark
by falling rain

roaring down the beach
at the height of winter waves
mist clouds

cold

a curtain pulled back
by a south wind
cold

smooth snow
deeper than garden stones
the cold

beach cold
twisting driftwood
into a windbreak

beach cold
freezing a driftwood
windbreak

winter waves
rolling into sun-warmed sand
driftwood

waves
rolling into frosted sand
winter

winter cold
finding on the beach
an open knife

cosmos

empty hands
our holes
in the cosmos

bell-tone circles
as path to meditation
across galaxies

dawn

winter dawn
sounds of blowing snow
sleeping birds

sea dawn
the journey of snowflakes
to a parking lot

clouds resting
on top of snowdrifts
winter dawn

daybreak
glass shatters
the dream

just at daybreak
a drift of snow balanced
on each branch

winter dawn comes
the sound of blowing snow
sleeping birds

falling out
at the crack of dawn
snowflakes

between mountains
and heavy snow clouds
daybreak

frozen sun
dawn's clouds
faint with pink

day in winter

the skin of our teeth
as thick as a life
a winter day

daybreak

daybreak
light drifting down
in snowflakes

days - shorter

snow by candlelight
brightens the turn
to shorter days

for tall folks
the hours of light
shortened

departing year

slow rains
as if leaves were falling
at winter's end

first light

first light
nudging frozen clouds
snow flakes

star gazing
all the familiar things
in morning's light

milky dawn
the world without color
takes form

spots of blue
varying the light to fit
tracks in the snow

morning light
a couple on the cliff
as spirits of a new day

just now
the moon set
and you sleep

fog

timeless
in the fog
someone walking

foggy night
farmlights of a lonely coast
separate

wrapped in fog
colors of the coast
quiet

fog
edge of the cliff
edge of the world

ocean fog
in the broken sign
"open"

fog
the days go by
without hours

evening fog
in town with dampened
spirits

mist
broken from night waves
sleep

asleep
fog extends
the morning

foggy morning
coming in the door
weak sunlight

thick swirling fog
not seeing anything
just a wing shape

new flannel gown
wrapped for the night
in thick sea fog

fog
river mouth
bridged

worldly view
obscured by sea fog
angel wings

fingers
into valleys
sea fog

warming
thick fog
a fire

out of fog
fog colors
in waves

into the cove
fog pours
more secrets

cutting out the world
sounds of the sea
fog

erasing the land
the ocean sends a blanket
of fog

neighbors
leaving as
fog

frost

frost
dropping a basket
with 12 eggs

lace edges
the fallen leaf
white with frost

granite patterns
fallen to leaves
frosted rust

flowers blooming
on dry sand and pond
frost

ice

water over ice
floating among clotted leaves
a face expiring

surf sounds
covering the winter porch
a shell of ice

clouds
still in the mountain brook
ice

hail

before they melt
hailstones hiding themselves
in the gravel path

spindrift
falling on the hills
hail

veiled moon
fragments loosen
hail

silence
after the hailstorm
cold

moon

jingling coins
deep in his pocket
the moon slides behind clouds

cold
the winter moon with you
at the window

full-moon sky
cold high winds blow
from a bright hole

waning moon watches
a pie put out to cool
eaten away

dark night winds
blowing over the seas
the moon sinks in

the full moon
slips into its silver path
sea sleep

melting into the sea
the full moon
leaves a candle bright

plunging right in
the moon and I
cold night seas

time
on a moonless night
a dog barking

released
from snow-capped peaks
a full moon

cold winds
rounding snow-capped peaks
a full moon

from the full moon
cold summit winds
snow-clad

touching eyes
the whiteness of snow
a full moon

winter moon
directing the winds
around corners

winter's new moon
the cutting cold
shines tonight

high on a cliff
the quarter moon finds
dark houses

wolf moon
slipping into northern pines
winter

moonlight

winter moonlight
the crystal prism turns
with the tides

surf and sea
white with the sound
of moonlight

morning

mornings
the winter moon leaves
a frosted path

night

cold night
I feed brownies
to aching bones

knocking
cold comes in unasked
the night house

winter nights
enough warmth
to answer letters

night
breaking waves
rocks

silence
in a dark night
an ill-made shape

night the animal
that keeps death in a little space
prowls to the left

night
overtaking the blackness
of molten rock

night - the longest

longest night
full moon whitens
pure snow

Northern Lights

Northern Lights
a white robed choir sings
to radio static

rain

rattle of rain
across the valley
into my hand

downpour
a basket on the porch
fills with rain

raindrops
inside
heartbeats

after dinner
so full of soup
it begins to rain

sky

to the rocks
the sky falling free
a bluish glow

pale skies
winter comes from afar
a white foam wave

smoke

blind smoke
touching the sky
with one finger

wood smoke
pressed to the porch
by low clouds

snowflakes

life
of a snowflake
falling

Mono Lake
on salt-crystal pillars
snowflakes

snowing


silence
snowing
light

satisfied
with toast and cocoa
it stops snowing

porch light
brilliant with the points
of falling snow

night light
snow falls
on the porch

rain
silent
snow

the clock ticks
back and forth
snowfall

first snow
deep as a fallen leaf
upright

mountain deep
a sky covering with snow
our way home

blue cold snow
warmed by fallen leaves
russet brown

ticking
each hour
snow deepens

early snow
even in the hole is white
overturned outhouse

snow - blowing

the world wobbles
the weight of snow
drifting

no trespassing
yet thru the split rail fence
snow goes

to touch stars
her outstretched hand
fills with snowflakes

snowdrifts
flinging moth wings
across the land

snow - melting

melting snow
your tracks leaving
a dampness

melting snow
the white nets hold down
springing grasses

it melts
last light of afternoon
rest of the snow

cap of snow
on the sun-warmed rock
shrinking to fit

snow - new

new-fallen snow
scraped by wing tips
leaving the earth

new-fallen snow
screams of children
biting cold

snow - predicted

snow predicted
a jar of old buttons
in the top drawer

snow - viewing

giant snowflakes
bring to the window
adult faces

stars

crystals
filling the night window
with stars

glistening cold
the stars bend down
a few flakes

snow taste
the cold fire
of frozen stars

high winds
stars moved about
by swaying tress

cold stars
dropping into the ocean
snowflakes

winter stars
pea soup doesn't taste
without salt

the first stars
a farmhouse
and a buoy

before one star
beams from the lighthouse
search the sky

into the sky
notes from the harp
light stars

earth lines
starpaths light
the fluid landscape

in our blood
bright crystals
star journeys

waves
in and out of the sea
stars

storm

curving the sky
storm clouds arch
into the bay

the winter tempest
visiting the neighbors
how still it is

winter storms
passing the rain rattle
drums on the roof

sea storm
blue black clouds sink
salt-water air

after the snowstorm
new paths to old places
the skies clear

fire on water
reflecting the sun
after a storm

between winter storms
a fisherman come to bring
poems and primroses

after the snowstorm
only wood smoke drifts
into the clearing

snow storm
brings white skies
down to earth

this blizzard
blowing about
one small candle

snow storm
children hanging in a tree
paper flowers

storm winds
in all things that don't die
this quivering

winter storm
tearing the waves white
low-scudding clouds

storm winds
breeze through a cracked window
our nightly breath

storm waves
winter tides wave
to mountain tops

storm clouds
forcing the sun to set
far out to sea

night storm
at sea dark things
move closer

winter storms
wrapping around the house
the ocean's roar

storm sails
cloud evening skies
eyes

sun in winter

winter sun
coming in late
for breakfast

low winter sun
covered with one wave
leaping on the beach

low winter sun
walking the length
of the rock's shadow

mid-winter's day
the sun and moon
combine warmth

mid-winter's sun
breaking the ice
in a rain barrel

sunset

sunset
stumbling over rocks
shadows

sunset
all the shadows
home

sunset
leaving to the wind
bare rocks

sunsets
blue clouds as land
into pink seas

sunset
all the shadows
going home

night's warmth
sucked into the sea
a sinking sun

ocean sunset
staying by the window
'till the color sinks

twilight

winter twilight
gathers in her lap
white folded hands

blue desert wind
pushes the hills' shadow
the long walk home

ocean
twilight as final
as the last one

alkali flats
in the twilight of evening
snow white

wind

the rain-filled wind
blowing away the word
a damp newspaper

wind
being massaged
by wind chimes

from far at sea
waves bring without wind
that sound

winter wind
a red flag waves
to the whiteness

rock music
the beach house shaken
by howling winds

wind
finding dark places in cliffs
for the night

sea winds
not believing in
the silence

wind
from the mouth of something
dark

a blanket of wind
wrapping around the house
ocean cold

sea foam
pulling storm winds
across the beach

night winds
touching crested waves
with frost

wind tears
smoke from the chimney
snow flakes

Aeolian harps
rigged for sailing
snowfields

tundra wind
in an ancient poet's ears
followers' footprints

snow
lighting the way
of the wind

across the sea
wind blows to me
stranger's snow

riding white roads
before dawn without a steed
winds of winter

crossing the bay
from island to island
winter winds

unseen wind
water touching water
with its roar

wind
tangling bare air
black trees

homeward
wind pushes us across
evening shadows

winter wind
the smell of french fries
and cold grease

winter

circus time over
now it begins to be
winter

leaves gold shine
holding bright
the wall of winter

scrape of a spoon
in the empty bowl
end of winter

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