Raw #midnighthaiku

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Snow-devils dancing
A delicate coverlet
Conceals a cold heart

Snow falls ceaselessly, settling only in spaces where the arctic winds cannot whip it away. Drifts build in gardens and secluded corners, leaving the roads deceptively clear, lulling the unwary into a false sense of security. Winter displays a vicious streak. Even at midday, the temperatures stand at minus five, and feel ten degrees colder.

Muscles taut with cold, I venture out into the garden. The waterfalls are quiet, the stream barely runs beneath a pale blanket and the pond is an icy dancefloor for snow devils, beneath which the fish sleep unseen and dream of spring.

 

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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22 Responses to Raw #midnighthaiku

  1. Bette A. Stevens says:
    March 2, 2018 at 00:15

    Love the haiku, Sue! Hope things will soon warm up for you.

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  2. roughwighting says:
    March 2, 2018 at 00:38

    I’m shivering after reading your haiku. Here’s to a spring haikU before U know it! 🙂

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  3. Lyn Horner says:
    March 2, 2018 at 01:36

    Brrrrr! Makes me want to crawl under a warm blanket.

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  4. valeriedavies says:
    March 2, 2018 at 04:21

    Beautiful, both the haiku and the pictures

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  5. jenanita01 says:
    March 2, 2018 at 09:49

    I hope that is just a snow covered statue in your pictures, Sue, and not a frozen dog?

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  7. freiedenkerin says:
    March 2, 2018 at 16:29

    Here in Bavaria we had that bitterly cold and snowy return of winter during the last ten days. I don’t mind low temperatures but this cold wave has been even for me too much.

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  8. Jennie says:
    March 3, 2018 at 02:24

    Ah, old man winter.

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  9. dgkaye says:
    March 3, 2018 at 04:04

    Lovely haiku and images Sue. That last photo looks like the outline of an animal turning its head and staring at the snow. 🙂 <

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