cold | the haiku diaries

February 21, 2013, 6:57 pm
Filed under: haiku, jenna's post | Tags: anger, cold, haiku, walk, winter

With each step, my mind
calmed but the tip of my nose
got a drop colder

August 29, 2012, 12:07 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: back trouble, cold, haiku, muscle spasm

Almost sidelined by
a muscle spasm back thing.
Really? Plus my cold?

May 31, 2011, 12:07 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, cough, haiku, hot day

Rotten cold and cough
lays me low on a hot day –
(you can keep the heat).

December 30, 2010, 10:23 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, ennui, haiku, illness

Apologies for
neglected haikus — I plead
illness and ennui.

November 28, 2010, 8:30 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, end of November, haiku, snow, winter

The month closes out –
crisp day on the edge of snow –
first real snow comes soon.

October 6, 2010, 9:09 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, haiku, headache

Day four of the cold –
it’s the day of the headache.
Oh, woe is me. Blech.

October 5, 2010, 3:41 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, flu, haiku, starve a cold feed a fever

I can’t remember –
starve a cold, feed a fever?
Is that the adage?

May 21, 2010, 7:59 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, haiku, to-do list, trip preparation

It’s a long to-do list –
clothes, garden, dishes, sweep floor,
buy drugs for my cold.

March 29, 2010, 6:10 pm
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, early spring, Freeville, haiku

The cold enveloped
my village this morning. Brrrr.
Makes me yearn for warmth.

December 18, 2009, 9:31 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: cold, haiku, Upstate New York, winter landscape

The cold’s settled in –
trees look flash frozen in the
early morning light.

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