tinywords » winter http://tinywords.com haiku & other small poems Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tinywords.com/2011/03/18/6621/ http://tinywords.com/2011/03/18/6621/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:53:05 +0000 Melissa Spurr http://tinywords.com/?p=6621 a jarful of coins
from faraway places
winter stars

 

 

 

 

 

1st Place, The Haiku Foundation Facebook Haiku Contest, November 2010

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light from the snow
the stars

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a wraith from the dryer vent
drifts through the fence

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“These are for you to hang places,” she said simply, knowing of my need for joy this Christmas season. As we smiled and hugged one another, I received them in my cupped hands. Now stars dangle from my doorknobs and brighten shadowed corners—an unexpected gift of light.

moon splinters
on the river—the glint
of ice floes

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dog-walkers greet
leashed strangers

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the waiting room clock
at the ICU

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the acorn
up to its cap

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between the winter trees
the child’s breath

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next to a frozen pond
I long to skip
to another time
another place

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