Haiku 2014-Feb-05

Three today. I had a lot of brain cycles available while shoveling snow. 

Feb 5 #1

snow-dimmed lamps and the last leaf watch me shovel

Feb 5 #2

I shovel snow while testing words; slow at both tasks

Feb 5 #3

salt on icy roads - the sleeping dogwood dreams of the beach

Haiku 2014-Feb-04

Feb 4

a wolf's howl out by the frozen pond; I flinch inside.

Haiku 2014-Feb-03

Feb 3

cold murder in local gymnasium... just the school play

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National Haiku Writing Month 2014

I didn't mean to participate, but since I have, here are the haiku I have written so far this year. Read more about #nahaiwrimo here: https://sites.google.com/site/nahaiwrimo/home

Jan 31 (I got an early start): 

shadows tiptoe on cubicle walls five p.m. Friday

Feb 1 (a two-fer): 

five - no, six squirrels romp above melting snow

Like groundhogs men crept out to stand on the ice.

Feb 2:

She steps back and melting mud pulls her boot; she slows down.

Close-Up

Close-up 1, Wellesley, MA, 26-November-2013

I had Carmi's theme "In the foreground" in my head when this opportunity presented itself. I only had my smartphone, but it was good enough. Besides, it gave me an excuse to try out the new edit-on-the-phone capabilities that came with the new phone OS (I ended up just cropping this, nothing else).

Then I tried playing with another angle on this, and ended up with what almost looks like two pictures stacked together: 

Close-up 2, Wellesley, MA, 26-November-2013

Since I couldn't decide which I liked better, I decided to share both. I'm enjoying the angles, what do you think?