I am so pleased to announce that one of my haiku was published today on Pure Haiku. A huge thank you to Editor-in-Chief Freya Pickard for showcasing one of my haiku inspired by the season’s featured artist, Elisa Ang, and her painting,”Three Trees.” After reading my other creations, I would be honored if you traveled to Pure Haiku to read my published haiku.

Warm regards,

K.

Tree fork turned cradle.
Rest peacefully, infant snow,
in this brief season.


Winter’s bankrupt trees
form a charitable trust:
buried cash-dropped leaves.


With spindly branches
a ticklish timberline
soothes the itch of snow.


Left behind to freeze–
grief is the empty spaces
between winter trees.

©2024 | K.F. Hartless

21 responses to “Winter Haiku”

  1. Wonderful!🥳

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    1. Thank you, Melissa. 🙂

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    Fantastic news, K! 🙂 Well deserved.

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    1. Thank you, Tom. I appreciate your support. 💜

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  3. Congratulations, K! 😊

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    1. Thank you so much, John. 💜 I love how a haiku leaves you with a lingering taste but still wanting more.

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      1. I agree, it’s like a very super short story. You’re welcome. ☺️

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  4. Heart nourishing words. I am glad to hear they are being shared with others.

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    1. Thank you so much, Ali. 💜 The winter trees awe me every year as I watch their resilience and patience.

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  5. Congratulations K!

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    1. Thank you. I enjoyed crafting these micro-verses.

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  6. Thank you. 🙂 I appreciate you reading my haiku. It’s rewarding to finish these small poems.

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  7. Bravo, writer K! 👏🏻

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    1. Hi Micele, I think I may have thanked you above instead of below your comment. 💜 I appreciate your message.

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      1. Hi K! It happens. 😄 Thank you for following up. 💜

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  8. o K; this one is magnificent : each haiku is a gem; I had to look up ‘timberline’: I thought it might be a bird 🙂

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    1. Or a tennis shoe 😉 timberland, that one. I appreciate your kind comment, John. I enjoyed crafting these and should really make a point to get outside more and find inspiration.

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      1. hahaha; yes, I should get out and about more instead of writing poems about stirring one’s coffee 🙂

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  9. I love your description of yourself as a ‘word trapeze artist’: brilliant and accurate !

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  10. Well, I’m happy to report my life is quite circus-like.🤣 I was trying to come with a byline somewhere and thought of that one. It does seem to suit me. Thanks for the sentiment, John. You’re quite the word whittler yourself, friend. 💜

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  11. I am moved particularly by your last haiku ” left behind to freeze…” very imaginative.

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