Winter is coming...

Solstice Snow
4x4 Mixes Media

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Hope

There is something so hopeful about a Hellebore

blooming in the midst of a cold rainy winter.

 

To keep our faces toward change

and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate

is strength undefeatable.

Helen Keller

P.S. And something quite frustrating with blogger throwing in extra spaces this morning. ;)

HuMp DaY Haiku - Winters Gentle Touch

Frosty morning. White

coats the bee balm seed heads.

Winters gentle touch.

A year or so ago, I started doing Hump Day Haiku with Carla Sonheim's Silly classes and decided as a challenge for myself, I'd continue. I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written? 

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. And consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello. 

Winter Berries

red winter berries

bordering a wooded trail

left by sated birds. 

Linking to Ruby Tuesday2

Hump Day Haiku - Sunrise

A bit of sunlight 

breaking through the morning clouds

Winter has arrived. 

Ah, Winter Solstice!

Hope of longer days to come

sealed with sunlit heart.

I'm getting a bit fanciful of late, seeing hearts in everything. 

Do you see a heart in the rosy clouds between the trees, or is it just me? 

Sharing the joy of a beautiful sunrise and the knowledge that the days are getting longer at at last!  Wishing my friends Happy Chanukah, Happy Solstice, Happy Yuletide, and a Merry Christmas! 

I started doing Hump Day Haiku with Carla Sonheim's Silly classes...  and decided as a challenge for myself, I'd continue.  In this process, I have found that creating a haiku to go with my photos feeds my soul. 

Perhaps you'd like to share a haiku you have written?