Haiku
posting the
cards . . .
almost enough snow
for a snowman
my
daughter’s cheeks
flushed
against the driving snow
first snowflakes--
the meter reader
is calling again
two grey horses
the snow
tinged brown
under her coat
my shirt
first snowflakes
blinding
snow
not a scribble in the notebook
by the window
a goodbye
wave
her navel bare . . .
snowflakes in the wind
New Year's Haiku / Haiga Festival
About John Kinory, UK (England)
John Kinory is
the founder and editor of Ardea, the
multilingual online journal of short-form poetry (www.ardea.org.uk).
His haiku, tanka and general poetry have appeared in many
journals and anthologies worldwide. Currently working as a
translator, he used to be a photographer and taught
photography and physics. After living most of his life in
large cities in several countries, John is now based in a
quiet village in Oxfordshire, England.
This is
John Kinory's first appearance in Sketchbook.
