Haiku Kukai on Snow

(select your top 5 or 6 favorites)
Haiku Writing Roundtable--Kukai 6, Fall 2002


snowflakes!
tumbling to the ground
carefree


leaning against the brick wall
watching the shriveled
freshmen run . . .


balls of snow
knock off his nose;
die Frosty die!

Maureen Yates (5)


steam rises
from my coffee cup
snow outside the window


snowplow's grey mountain
in the cul-de-sac
a frozen playground


coldness melts
on my tongue
first snow


the child's snowball
withers away
before it reaches me

Nikki Garry (2)


"To Daddy" on an envelope
with snow themed stamps;
military Christmas.

Maureen Yates (5)


limping home
an icy snowball
thrown at my ear


clear night
angelic imprints
left on the ground


waking up
to the blizzard
in the new year


winter wonderland
i shake the snow
from my boots


a snowflake's kiss
my windowpane
a temporary tatoo


falling flakes on
the sunken mound
and buried cornice


tiny fingers swaying
into the snowflakes,
collecting memories

E. Kreydich (4)


white horses
in the winter,
running snowflakes


standing at the window
looking out on memories
of fallen sleds


inches of snow
we sit and listen
to the school closings


two button eyes
and a corn cob pipe
Frosty


a snow man
guards the fort
first snowday

Brock Peoples (2)


snowflakes
floating down to the ground
weightless

or

snowflakes
floating in the air
weightless

Andrea Roewe (1)


the children's snowman
stands alone
with one missing eye

or

the children's snowman
stands alone
one eye missing

Nikki Garry (3)


First snow covers
the fresh grave;
Christmas gifts forgotten.


soft flakes settle
in long dark hair;
snow angel

Maureen Yates (4)


a yellow crater
surrounded
by four pawprints

or

a yellow crater
in the snow
surrounded by pawprints

Sarah Scheck (6)


drift of snow
makes a perfect hollow
on the side of the driveway

or

drift of snow
a perfect hollow on the side
of the driveway


icy thickness
on the windowpane
filters the crisp morning sun


wihte mist falling
windshield wipers
the only sound


cuddling close
in front of the fire
first snowfall

Andrea Roewe (4)


silent sounds
swish against my window,
snowflakes fall


loose hair
a day of sledding
blonde icicles

or

a day of sledding
blonde icicles
in loose hair

Sarah Scheck (3)


finally bundled up
freezing outside
"I have to go to the bathroom"

Candace Golden (6)


slick downhill path . . .
in pairs,
miniature boot prints

Stefanie Lovelass (1)


rolling the snow
packing it tight
in their tiny hands


two fallen figures
side by side
pawpaw and jack angels


father and son
lie in the snow—
Angels left behind

Candace Golden (2)


 
floating in the dark, the snowflake ballet

 

E. Kreydich (3)


frozen assassins
my grip on the wheel
tightens

James Osmun (3)


the old fir tree
draped in snow
a Cardinal sings


cold spiteful winter;
in his absence
no snow.


© 2002, Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.