Snowblind

Snowblind Dec 2021

A hand upon the bare skin
and the cold tough of wrought iron,
the song of footsteps in snow.

As far as I am aware, the site, as of now, does not support Kanji. While I could post these in katakana, it would feel far more disingenuous to the core elements of many haiku and tanka, and so I feel more comfortable posting them as self-translations. Which also explains why the syllable/on count is not in line, since it is a translation. Hopefully they will at least convey the feelings I am trying to express. Or the atmosphere. Whichever finds you.

Snowblind Oct 2021

Soft Fells

Snow falls upon
lonely heads with-

fires cascading among
the crackling logs like-

hearts elating at brightening
smiles that bring-

Soft warmth to cold sharpness.

Snowblind Aug 2021

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Porcelain fine, like silver-dipped dusk
frames iris' shine, putting shame diamond.

Soft dark night, sewn of onyx and jet
Flirt sweet to my sight, like they do to the wind.

A song not suited for lungs.
A dance not suited for eyes.
An art built only for hearts.
And to my heart does she give rise.

Snowblind Aug 2021

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Quiet leaves and aching branches
weave and twine above hanging heads

The smoke has long abandoned these ashes,
I ask you to finally let go of the dead.

Snowblind Aug 2021

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Spring rains trace flowers
dancing over petal and leaf;
My face, too, is beneath this cascade
traced by water; traced by grief.

Snowblind Aug 2021

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An echo of hounds
Crying out howls and barks
The flutter of birds wings
joins the spirit of sounds
as they end what they sing
and rise to embark.

The pine is still green but orange and red
across the forest floor do lie.
And unlike these birds I know
that she cannot fly.

Snowblind Aug 2021

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No cypress bears such slender grace and yet
The gates of Petra still shall fall
And time forget
The age of Man had come at all
Before the span of aeons poses any threat
Unto the star-appareled beauty of her eyes.
And I, one step behind
Will surely find
Their glimmer never fades e'en when the last star dies.