Another Winter Down
In the winter lull
The naked trees find freedom
Into the darkness
Where we all succumb
To the season of reasons
We find joy in pain
In the endless void,
As if joy calls upon pain
With balance restored
We mend always
Three hundred and sixty five
The remaining days
Shedding winter skin
Perspiring with a purpose
do it all again
Compliments earnest
Purpose; a means to an end
Justification
To fatten gullets
The lucid motivation
Hard all year we work
With guts now sated
This winter lull, in silence
My friend we made it.
~~~
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Proud father of 3. Part time writer of poetry and short stories. I want to paint the world in but a few words.
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Nice work on the Haiku, Paul. I like this. Well done with the 5-7-5 syllables format.
I could not find the image on Pixabay and it looks like it might have a copyright on it due to the markings. Please check and verify the image is free to use. Thank you.
Thanks Phyllis. Haiku poetry is kind of fun. I changed images and used pixabay. Sorry about that
Thanks for checking on that, Paul. The new images are nice. Haiku is not easy to get used to, but, yes, it is fun and you did it well.
Nice one. Enjoyed this.
Thanl you so much Rasma glad you enjoyed it
I find haiku and interesting form of poetry Paul. You did a good job on this one. Nice job.
Thanks John. It was my first time attempting it. I really like the flow of it.
An evocative write Paul, with so many images and colour in your words. As always, a specacular piece, so well penned and skilled in rendering. Cheers. Hope you are well my firend. Take care.
Thank you my friend. Im glad you enjoyed it. All is well. It is nice to see you on the TCE pages again. Much appreciation for your kind words Tony.
“My friend we made it…” Great poetry Paul. Thank you. Jamie
Thank you Jamie. It was actually your haiku poetry that inspired me to attempt this. Im glad you enjoyed this.
Nice work Paul , I am finding a newfound liking of winter in my older years , I hope this new love continues ……….:-] Be well !
Ed I think I would like winter a lot more if I didn’t have to drive in the snow all the time. Thank you for your kind words.