The snow dirty and rapidly melting underfoot Winter’s waning phase The Fire Horse is here #haiku #firehorse #tanka

the sky is ablaze announcing its arrival the Fire Horse is here! #haiku lampoetry.blogspot.com/2026/02/arri...

the moon sees itself as steadfast and locked in orbit … how changeable our view #haiku

back from the beauty shop the winter woods make the most of frost tips and touch ups #haiku

One of those days that ends in a conflagration also known as sunset #haiku #haiga

The sea professes its love to the sky all day To the land it hurls abuse #haiku

moonrise at sunset -- the storyteller enters the story #UnknownFairyTales #haiku

I gave myself a raise in my imaginary job Today was a good day I suppose #haiku #poetry #FireHorse

Here’s how the Tang poet Li He describes the spirit of the Fire Horse - which is the coming Lunar New Year: Stretched out like a dragon’s spine Or a long string of cash With silver hooves ever at the ready To trample the mist Read more here: lampoetry.blogspot.com/2026/02/arri...

Not any red horse It's the Fire Horse that comes Galloping near #haiku Horse Poems by the Tang poet Li He to celebrate Lunar New Year. lampoetry.blogspot.com/2026/02/arri...

Take faith for granted Like the trees in mid winter Abiding in snow with grace #haiku #poetry

#tanka written while sipping coffee in Goldbrew’s storefront looking out a plate glass window: Main Street doesn’t look Quite as spry as it used to Only six weeks til spring The holiday lights remain in place A mix of snow salt and dirt #haiga #poetry

trunk to branch to twig the storyline's become clear in the life of a tree #haiku #haiga

Dwelling in the mist Of a tree’s ecstatic form Cosmic order restored #haiku #haiga

the speed of light may be exceeded sometimes by a sideways glance #haiku #poetry #haiga

birds like dark blossoms waiting for vernal sunlight to burst into flame #haiku #poetry #haiga

some trees seem to prefer a pointillist approach to self-composition #haiku

#DailyHaikuPrompt #northwind The North Wind doesn’t hold back when speaking its mind — A boreal roar!

A poem by Dogen in celebration of Lunar New Year: lampoetry.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-po...

Language leaves a fossil trail about the origins of human thought #haiku #poetry www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/did...

around here the daffodils still seem too timid to appear #haiku

the seeds on the floor equal or exceed the seeds still in the bag #haiku written after the mice ate their way through the bag of birdseed in the cellar

even a Yeti would hesitate before trekking into the afternoon shadows on an arctic plane #tanka #haiga

Today comes the thaw tomorrow another freeze February glare #haiku #weatherreport

a mid-winter day saturated with the light of a febrile sun #haiku #poetry

Boxcars through the night reaching daylight’s terminus with unconscious freight #haiku

And then to awake, and the farm, like a wanderer white With the snow … it was all shining, it was Adam and maiden …. Fern Hill in the Winter

Already the days lengthen Even as we resign ourselves To the long night ahead This #haiku is the closing verse of Li He's poem celebrating the last full moon of the Lunar Year. lampoetry.blogspot.com/2018/01/with...

Here's a poem from the Tang poet Li He to celebrate the Twelfth Moon which rises tonight, marking only a fortnight til Lunar New Year. lampoetry.blogspot.com/2018/01/with...

same as it ever was the tooth and claw world returns perpetually on edge #haiku #ageoftrump

The moon is full of itself Sowing wild winter oats Across the open field #haiku #poetry (to celebrate the Twelfth Moon of the Year ... only two weeks until New Year!)

Westward declining The winter sun nonetheless Makes itself strongly felt #haiku #poetry #haiga

This is a #meditation poem by #Dogen The silence held deep Within your heart/mind Is like the moon’s clarity Which can bring its radiance Even to the breaking waves 静かなる 心の中に すむ月は 波も砕けて ひかりとぞなる #Buddhism #tanka print by Sandaime Horiyoshi

The tides frozen But not completely stilled Slumbrous the incoming wave #haiku

Waxing gibbous moon rising almost unnoticed in a clear blue sky the Year of the Horse is galloping near #tanka #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse #haiku

Here is a short lyric by the Zen Master #Dogen. The Treasure in Seeing All Things Arising and Ceasing In the depth of night Framed by moonlight A small boat drifts At perfect ease Not tossed by waves Not swayed by breeze #poetry #zen

strophe and antistrophe night commentary from the cicada chorus #haiku

make me a palette on the stone floor with colors glistening in the rain #haiku

#haikufeels #undo undo what’s undue let moderation ensue the Tao prevails #haiku

broken hyperlink — the there that isn’t quite there internet debris #haiku #senryu

from the compost pile to the star nebula there’s a back stage passage #haiku

A misty frost lay over the forest like a spell of enchantment #haiku

#tanka written the morning after a snowstorm: throwing seed down on the snowy patio draws a large mixed crowd of jays doves and wrens as amiable tablemates #haiku #haiga

心若绿树 自有心鸟 when your heart is supple as a green tree naturally it will fill with birds #haiku

pleno invierno el gatito dormido sueños de mariposa #haiku #haiga

The cathedral within has been closed for repair since early last year #haiku #haiga photo by S. Berkowitz

#tanka written on the Number 2 Train on my way to my cousin’s house: Lately my vision’s Been clouded by cataracts The surgeon assures me He’ll take of it But I’m not sure This cloud we’re under Can be surgically removed #senryu

Reply to Murakami: Between tradition and inevitability art pursues freedom #haiku

Every tree knows About the limits to growth Yet still they flourish #haiku

Waxing crescent moon Paddling in a sky gondola Above the tree line #haiku #poetry