Monday, January 05, 2009


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









Cold day --
the fingers more stiff
this year


(AW; Mainichi, January 2005)

23 comments:

John McDonald said...

love these two a happy new year to you and your family
johnb

polona said...

ah yes... winter is harsh and so is ageing...

haiku-shelf said...

thank you, Polona and John!

yes, Polona, life is like the seasons ...

Devika said...

Fingers are cold, but not that stiff, Angelika

Winter or summer --my fingers often move faster than my mind :)

Good one,
could see the effect of winters on age...on guard :)

wishes,
devika

Leon Basin said...

Hey, how are you doing?

haiku-shelf said...

Thank you, Devika!

haiku-shelf said...

Hi, Leon! Nice to meet you. Did we meet before? However... The year is still young! Good wishes for 2009!

haiku-shelf said...

p.s.: I feel better than years before, Leon. My body and soul do like this winter (in the moment we have heavy coldness here with snow, a blue sky -- it`s wonderful in my garden, in the woods)

Gillena Cox said...

morning sunlight-
twigs
holding snow



much love
gillena

Bill said...

It must be the weather, my child.

Humor and pathos nicely blended in this one.

haiku-shelf said...

Thank you very much, Gillena and Bill!

Magyar said...

Ahhh... these true and fitting words. Grand, Angelica_!

[A wee bit of oil for the rust?]

this squeek
of rusted hinges
a glass of wine
_m

Donka said...

very nice photo
many greetings from Poland

Devika said...

came to see a new one..

come again later, Angelika :)

wishes,
devika

haiku-shelf said...

Thank you, Devika, Donka and Magyar!


In the moment I`m busy with editorial work, Devika! I`ll publish a winter issue of WHC-German in some time (German haiku-poets have sent many good haiku).

Devika said...

Nice to have that kind response, Angelika.

German -- i would need an English translation :)

wishes,
devika

haiku-shelf said...

it`s an German/English-issue

I`ll inform you when it`s online, Devika.

best wishes,
Angelika

haiku-shelf said...

The WHC-German Winter Issue 2009 is online!

http://athenaeum-language.blogspot.com/2009/01/whc-german-winter-issue-2009.html

Enjoy it!
Best wishes,
Angelika

Devika said...

Thank you Angelika :)

wishes,
devika

Tikkis said...

Magyar said it! Me too!

Janice Thomson said...

So well put Angelica - I love this!
For me it is the knees too :)

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

amen! I'm having that problem!

Bill said...

And not just the fingers! Keep warm.