photo: Martin G. Wienert (December 2007)







crusted snow
so weak
the sun and I

(AW, January 2009)

photo: Martin G. Wienert; aralia elata in winter (Jan. 2009)









Cold day --
the fingers more stiff
this year

(AW; Mainichi, January 2005)

photo: Martin G. Wienert; January 5th 2009






Ssh!
The kois dream
under the ice

(AW, January 2009)

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Baltic Sea, Christmas 2008





first day of the year
the ice fisher wears
a new cap
(AW, January 2009)


first published here:
Lunch Break

12 days of Christmas

http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/2009/01/12-days-of-christmas-day-eight-nine.html



and another version (a good suggestion in a haiku-forum):

new year ...
the ice fisher wears
a new cap