snow
its own
cathedral

 

 

 

 

 

( Originally published in The Heron’s Nest: XIX.1, March 2017)

 

 

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Helen Buckingham

Helen Buckingham lives in Wells, UK. Her work appears regularly in journals and anthologies including: Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, Modern Haiku, Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (W.W. Norton, 2013) and nada annunaad: an anthology of contemporary world haiku (Vishwakarma Publications, 2016). She won first prize in the Martin Lucas Award, 2016. Her most recent collection is the Touchstone Award shortlisted sanguinella (Red Moon Press, 2017).

6 thoughts on “”

  1. 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!

  2. 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.

  3. Brilliant minimalistic haiku!

    heavy snow–
    church-bell melts
    the silence

    Pravat Kumar Padhy
    Publication Credit: Writers and Lovers Café, Spring issue 2014

  4. 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

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