The Cold

The Cold

          The bite of winter

 

 

 

Tingle in cold hands

     Biting sweep of Winter wind

          Ice until the Spring

 

 

 

©2009 Richard Puetter

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A tree after an ice storm. Photographer: laffy4k (http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k/). License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. The above image has been modified from the original. The original image may be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k/2313538414/sizes/o/in/set-72157604055416315/

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

An excellent Haiku Rick. I really think it marvellous how much imagery can be packed into a little piece of brevity. The harshness of a bitterly cold winter was felt. The posted photograph of the tree after an ice storm is beautiful. I prefer though to read the words first and form my own pictures. I tend to look at posted artwork after reading the poetry. Thank you for the link to this gem.

Chris

[CircusNerd]

wow this haiku was really nice :) love it!

[Brianna Brie]

Wow...cream of the crop Haiku! Your words capture winter perfectly!

[samantha]

awesume well done

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Beautiful Haiku! Congrats on this great winning haiku.

[PhantomDancer]

I like it! So short, and really effective. Nice photo too.

[Ellen Hammond]

A nice but chilly haiku. LOL I was really surprised to see this because I was expecting a long poem. Did you write this for a contest or just to do something different? You excel at all you write, my friend, and this is no exception. You're apt to turn me into a hiaku lover next.

[Sheila Kline]

Ah yes, and when the wind is howling, and it teases the fingertips until they are numb, they tingle with excitement now iced over by an unwelcomed cold that blankets the terrain like a heart waxed cold!
Very nice write!!

[Belator Books]

Ah, the beauty of succinct simplicity. A pleasant breath of wintry mistral; thank you for sharing this piece 'en contest'.

[deeps]

Wonderful, like this!

[mystic soul]

nice quote!!!!!!!!!!