Monday Morning #Haiku 44 — The Vagaries of English Weather

Winter solstice soon.
Weather fakes balmy June day:
Whoops! trees have gone bald.

Author: Sarah Potter Writes

Sarah is a British eccentric who writes offbeat fiction, haiku and tanka poetry. When stuck for words, she sketches or paints instead. She's into nature conservation, sustainability, gardening, dogs, natural health, and reading. Her sociability is something that happens in short bursts with long breathing spaces in between. View all posts by Sarah Potter Writes

15 thoughts on “Monday Morning #Haiku 44 — The Vagaries of English Weather”

cindy knoke says:

15/12/2014 at 1:27 pm

love the imagery in both!

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1. Sarah Potter Writes says:
  
  15/12/2014 at 3:29 pm
  
  Thank you, Cindy 🙂
  
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68ghia says:

15/12/2014 at 2:04 pm

Quite a beautiful picture – faking June indeed 😉
I’m sure this must make dressing a bit of bother 😉
Here in the Southern tip of Africa, our winters are mostly like that – freezing in the morning, hot enough to wear shirtsleeves during the day and cold again at night.

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1. Sarah Potter Writes says:
  
  15/12/2014 at 5:48 pm
  
  At the moment, I keep going out for walks in the middle of the day and getting overheated because I’m wearing the multitudinous layers I put on first thing, plus a coat. Then come mid-afternoon, the temperature takes a nose-dive again. Obviously we don’t have the extremes of temperature you have in SA, but our UK climate does seem to have changed quite a bit in the last decade.
  
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anotherday2paradise says:

15/12/2014 at 2:22 pm

Beautiful image of the bald trees, especially with the WP snow falling all around. Love your haiku, as always. 🙂

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1. Sarah Potter Writes says:
  
  15/12/2014 at 3:28 pm
  
  Thank you, Sylvia 🙂 I admit that the snow does provide an additional quirkiness to the haiku that I hadn’t planned for!
  
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  1. anotherday2paradise says:
    
    15/12/2014 at 3:29 pm
    
    😀
    
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Crowing Crone says:

15/12/2014 at 5:37 pm

naked trees revealing all secrets

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1. Sarah Potter Writes says:
  
  15/12/2014 at 5:39 pm
  
  If trees could talk, I’m sure they could tell some wonderful tales about the antics of humans under mask of foliage!
  
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Sherri says:

16/12/2014 at 2:53 pm

Ahh…wonderful this…’Whoops! Trees have gone bald.’ With the falling WP snow, this makes for a beautiful post 🙂

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1. Sarah Potter Writes says:
  
  16/12/2014 at 6:56 pm
  
  Thanks, Sherri 🙂 I decided to have a go at a touch of haiku humour. Some of the great Japanese haiku masters have written absolute gems that are so playful, yet understated in a Zen way.
  
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the dune mouse says:

16/12/2014 at 5:58 pm

wow!! love both! that ribbon of light in the photo is wonderful!!

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1. Sarah Potter Writes says:
  
  16/12/2014 at 6:47 pm
  
  Such a compliment from the Queen of Photography, herself!! Thank you, Cybele:-)
  
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silentlyheardonce says:

16/12/2014 at 7:16 pm

Here in US it’s gets to be challenging telling one season from the other. Your words vividly expressed that.

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1. Sarah Potter Writes says:
  
  16/12/2014 at 7:39 pm
  
  I’m sure the seasons are less defined than they used to be in both of our countries.
  
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