stepping in
stepping out
raspberry brambles
the buzz
of cicadas
don’t stop now
mint
weeding out all
the sweet things
.
It’s so cold here, so very, very cold and snowy. I lay in bed half-awake the other morning composing haiku about summer in my head. And to my amazement, I actually remembered them when I woke completely.
Red Dragonfly 
I prefer winter but it is so cold here that your nice light poem made me almost wish for summer.
Really like the stairs.
Thanks!
First off, CONGRATULATIONS on your great step as judged in the FB Haiku Foundation contest! You’re almost there, Melissa. Soon, you’ll write a haiku for first prize.
Of these wintry poems, I love all three but I love the last most of all. It states how one feels in the cold. I like your choice of ‘mint’–soothing, pleasant, not sweet at all yet as all scents, so brief.
Thanks, Alegria. 🙂 Though I’m a little concerned if these made you feel cold, I wrote them in order to feel warmer. 🙂 (That’s OK though, we all respond to words differently …)
aloha Melissa – yeah, i like the staircase layout too. i may have to try that. some how.
i can understand that warm ku for a cold winter night. it’s cold here too. for here. 64 degrees. but remember there is no heat in the house. so it get’s as cold as it gets. okay, okay, i know that’s way warm for you. so…
hot chocolate
a better hand warmer
than mittens
i do remember walking to work in upstate NY and practicing fire breath breathing…
Tell you what, Rick, let’s switch houses for a week and then report back on who got colder. 🙂
I’ve been drinking tea pretty much nonstop for a week myself. Hot chocolate is pretty great too, though.
Fire breathing! Why didn’t I think of that? Off to become a dragon now …
bwahahahahahaha. you know… if we switched houses and you had my house where you are now, and i had your house where i am now, i can almost guarantee you’d get a lot colder than i would. no heat, single wall construction and windows that dont close tight… in Wisconsin? bwahahahahaha. yeah. that’s probably not going to work out well for you in winter. (yeah, i know what you meant – would i get my house back after a week tho?)
dragon breathing. ha. fire breathing… you do know that technique, right? the opposite of ice breathing. . . ??
very nice haiku; stay warm
Thanks so much, Gillena. Glad you stopped by. 🙂