winterness

day 1

 we were on holiday
  sitting
 in the sun



day 2

 this is a time
   to cocoon
   fall let it fall
  away
 now tea and jerseys



day 3

 good bye old leaves
   old rustic days
  the shedding now done



day 4

 so much rain
I wonder how Basho
   would capture
climate change
  'so much rain'

~

(evening)

 moon-clouds
   covering
  night



day 5

 happy clowns
   in the rain
  parade on past



day 6

 first mini-flu
a day
  of bed rest



day 7

 mini-flu sneezes
a healing bowl
 tofu & vegetables



day 8

 we talk of
  losing one's sky
an old friend calls

~

(evening)

 rose pink sky
   tips
 those hill edges



day 9

(evening)

 high winds
blows tonight's pink
from the skies



day 10

  leaving the house
    lights off
  no visitors



day 11

joking earlier
   of mini-flu, well
fate increased the dosage



day 12

  fresh air
 good for spirit
  and lungs



day 13

 reading Rumi
   the heart
  warmth emanates




day 14

 a fry-up
  red wine
 winter evening



day 15

 cough syrup
  alcohol based
 winter bones



day 16

   'restful'
 herbal infusion tea
 another work day



day 17

 frazzled tensions
  the cold bites
 tomorrow expect frost



day 18

 hanging out
 for the sake of it
 drinking wine



day 19

 another storm
 swollen river
 rain wind rain



day 20

 cold and
 colder
 feijoa tea



day 21

 hibernating
 like bears
 out of honey



day 22

 late for work
hid from
 this freezing
dark morning
 in covers



day 23

 a shared meal
good times
 shared shivers



day 24

 wearing two scarves
 winter just
 winters on  
 



day 25

 past the solstice
days should
 get l  o  n  g  e  r


day 26

 broken computer
didn't receive a bill
  via email



day 27

 no computer
read half a book
  - achoo


(evening)

 meaningful?
my missing watch
found a few days
 before a leap
second adjustment



day 28

 no computer
read other half a book
  - cough



day 29

   a combo
  costs more
 without a drink



day 30

 pink
  takes the day
 down
   in dreams
  of spring

~

(evening)

jupiter & venus
 together
we eat spicy soup

~

(midnight)

one leap second
  life ticks
 on the same



day 31

 sunshine trickery
  two months left
 of winter days



day 32

 such strange
  mirrored reflections
 marbled sky



day 33

 water everywhere
looking for solace
  leaky windows  
 

 (evening)

 why don't you write
  of feathers

 because birds I
  don't see at work
from dark until dark
 



day 34

   black opium
 & contrasting
     white sage




day 35

 tide side
    observations
  the elephant
    in the room
   is the missing moon



day 36

white whale
 in the harbour
polar blast looms



day 37

 house roof
   is white
  with frost



day 38

 breaking
  silence
 hail



day 39

 you're not
  here. so now
   so now



day 40

 bed socks
 ice cubes
 memory of feet



day 41

 drinking
 too much wine
 this winter



day 42

 cold pillow
 turn it over
  colder pillow



day 43

 dead
  coral reef
 such sorrow
 


day 44

 heart scars
  they are
 teachers


day 45

 this master
   turns thoughts
  away



day 46

 spring!
   the thought
  has sprung



day 47

 defrosted fridge
  by accident
  - stir fry!



day 48

 venturing into
   wind and rain
 to be with friends



day 49

 there, quarter moon
 and venus
   she found jupiter



day 50

  chime bowl
 <<<>>>
    today



day 51

her hand
 sweeps through
shop wind chimes



day 52

travelling home
    a lighter
 evening sky



day 53

 news of sickness
  drink I say
 SOUP I say



day 54

 short stories
   read and
  close



day 55

 early morning
   rooster
 on her cellphone



day 56

  St Joseph
 chairs and tables
   Crafted thus



day 57

 house chores
the house
  hums



day 58

 the same
  good meal
 and company



day 59

 clouds
  sweep
 this evening



day 60

  they come
 and tell me
  their bad news

 so we're writing a song
"Bad News Bears"



day 61

 rain & sun today
   house painters
 start next week

 my anxiety
weather dependent



day 62

   venturing out
 to find atmosphere
    cold rain



day 63

 watching movies
   on quantum and
  cosmic theories
  on the couch
    I doze
 


day 64

 working late
   dark windows
  but haiku



day 65

 new wine glasses
   are large
  merry gathering



day 66

 water bowl garden
drained of water
  under the eves



day 67

 work to
 rest to
 work to



day 68

     sometimes
    we forget
   to read clouds  



day 69

   steps
 and breaths
   and steps



day 70

   reading
 chinese love poems
   until I
 found a new book
    same old story



day 71

 bad weather
   they put up
  house scaffolding



day 72
 
 bad weather
   they washed
  the house walls



day 73

 better weather
  house windows covered
 a goldfish bowl
 



day 74

 heavy clouds
drying paint
 


day 75

 fish friday
weekly meal
  with friends



day 76

 unwell
movies
 roll on



day 77

 unwell still
water &
  crackers



day 78

 blue sky
white paint
  drying



day 79

 some things
are never ending
 - house repairs



day 80

under moonlight
what words
can describe this



day 81

rush says
life
 rush rush

wind blows
 those leaves



day 82

 preparing
a small
  travel satchel



day 83

 fly into blues
clouds below us
  murky sea also



day 84

 cloud dragons
   play
 at sunset



day 85

 honey porridge
and small word
   worlds



day 86

tired again
 flu again
winter still



day 87

going to work
 my head
is full of wool


day 88

seagull sits
 atop
a street light


day 89

still painting
spots
between rain



day 90

new scarf
 ah,
dragonfly pattern



day 91

so close
 to the end
heat pump turned up



day 92

 tearing off
the winter pages
spring tomorrow