Snail shells, ornate, laid bare in February, their seals intact. Succulent shoots break cover; gastropod heaven ascends.
#Tanka 47 — Sleeping Snails
Tag: winter
#Tanka 46 — Coal
Materialised overnight, huge lump of coal in garden border. Inked carbon slick with rainfall, December too warm for snow.
Monday Morning #Haiku 192 — Bird Truce
Jackdaws and magpies
Annual Branch Meeting starts
Armistice short-lived
Monday Morning #Haiku 188 — Bud
One daffodil bud
Solitary winter scout
Is it safe to bloom?
Monday Morning #Haiku 186 — Mulch
Woodland winter damp
That aroma of leaf mulch
Rich nature unraked
