cold mountain, cold heart.
like the distant star for Pip,
bright, yet cold, aloof.
Written for the Tricycle January 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Winter season word, cold mountain.
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu, I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
cold mountain, cold heart.
like the distant star for Pip,
bright, yet cold, aloof.
Written for the Tricycle January 2024 Haiku Challenge using the Winter season word, cold mountain.