( Originally published in The Heron’s Nest: XIX.1, March 2017)
—HELEN BUCKINGHAM
Always a sucker for a good snow haiku! It does have its own power and majesty beyond the obvious.
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the low slant
of winter light
cathedrals
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Alan Summers
Award Credit: Semi-Finalist, Shambhala Times First Annual Midwinter Haiku Contest 2014
Delighted this one did so well and selected by Guest Judge Patricia Donegan!
Hm, my mind goes in a few directions here but doesn't land. Is the snow taking over a cathedral? Is the snow piling up like a cathedral to itself? Is each snow lattice a structure? Hm.
May 2nd, 2018 at 9:34 am
snow
its own
cathedral
( Originally published in The Heron’s Nest: XIX.1, March 2017)
—HELEN BUCKINGHAM
Always a sucker for a good snow haiku! It does have its own power and majesty beyond the obvious.
.
.
the low slant
of winter light
cathedrals
.
Alan Summers
Award Credit: Semi-Finalist, Shambhala Times First Annual Midwinter Haiku Contest 2014
Delighted this one did so well and selected by Guest Judge Patricia Donegan!
May 2nd, 2018 at 10:51 am
Hm, my mind goes in a few directions here but doesn't land. Is the snow taking over a cathedral? Is the snow piling up like a cathedral to itself? Is each snow lattice a structure? Hm.
May 2nd, 2018 at 11:08 pm
Brilliant minimalistic haiku!
heavy snow–
church-bell melts
the silence
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Writers and Lovers Café, Spring issue 2014
May 3rd, 2018 at 12:54 am
I love how the absence of anything but snow makes the reader focus on the miracle that it is – and that no two snowflakes are identical.
A beautiful ku, Helen, that makes me go, "aaaaah!"
marion
May 3rd, 2018 at 2:06 am
Thanks so much for all your comments, really appreciated.
May 5th, 2018 at 7:48 pm
I have never heard snow described so perfectly. And in only four words! A gem of a poem.