December 5th

the first snow settles

dusts the fields and naked oak

trickle melts and falls

This is the third Haiku (or possibly 4th) I’ve written about the beautiful oak tree visible from our back garden. In fact, I would say it’s the fourth, now I have a pic for each season. Click on the Oak tag below for the others. It’s a haven for all sorts of birds, it’s wonderfully symmetrical with branches filling out a rounded space, like the synapses and contours of a brain.

But big day today, we had our first snowfall, although it melted by the afternoon.