I do not live in a cold climate (In South Louisiana it’s cold when the temperature falls below 50.)and most of the time, that is fine with me. But I am fascinated and mesmerized by photos of snow. My friend and fellow Inkling Molly Hogan lives in Maine. She was telling us at our Zoom meeting about her experience photographing in single digit weather. She loves taking photographs of nature. She posted about this experience on her blog post on Tuesday. I “found” a haiku in her post along with an amazing photograph for today’s prompt. You should go to her post to see and read more: Nix the Comfort Zone.
Winter wonderland
Margaret Simon, found haiku from Molly Hogan’s blog.
enchanted intricate beauty
bedazzled gratitude
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Reflections on the Teche 
Hi, Margaret, each word of your poem describes the photo very well–both are beautiful. I especially like “bedazzled.” Having lived farther north all of my life and not a fan of winter, I acknowledge it’s beauty, but should employ more gratitude. So, do you mind a limerick?
The hoarfrost is pretty, it’s true
But I’d rather see morning dew.
The sight of some green
Would be so serene!
Sigh. I’ll don one more layer or two.
Jane, you gave me a chuckle. I enjoyed your limerick; these lines especially spoke to me “The sight of some green/ Would be so serene!” I love how you give into winter on your last line.
Such a clever limerick! Layers must be the way to go.
Thanks for the fun, Jane!
I’m partial to limericks and this one is great! Perfect rhyme, rhythm and ending line!
Thanks, all! Putting on many layers before I head out for groceries today! (windchill temp 7 degrees)
Thanks, Margaret and Molly. I just added the word “bedazzled” to my word journal.
crystalline wonder
forms a flower without seed
transforms nature’s gift
Rose, yes! When I saw “bedazzled” I knew I loved it. Thank you for reminding me to add it to my word journal. I love your haiku; it is beautiful. These lines especially spoke to me “crystalline wonder / forms a flower without seed”. I’m going to add crystalline to my word journal, also. Thank you.
I need to start a word journal! I love your use of crystalline and how a frost flower forms without seed. Thanks!
I love “forms a flower without seed”, Rose!
Rose, “flower without seed” describes this phenomenon in a fresh way!
Margaret, thank you for sharing Molly’s amazing hoarfrost photo. I follow Molly on FB and saw some of her gorgeous pics there. I hadn’t read her blog from Friday, yet. Thank you for sharing that, too. I always love Molly’s photos! The other day on FB she shared Mrs. Cardinal flying and Mr. Cardinal posing. Originally, I included the cardinals in the poem.
You wrote a beautiful found haiku! I especially love “bedazzled gratitude”. At first, I thought you meant that you found a haiku written by Molly on her blog. I looked for her haiku on her blog, but I couldn’t find it. I reread your blog and realized you had used words from Molly’s blog to write your haiku. LOL Then, I realized I had “found” some of her words in my poem, also, unintentionally. I couldn’t resist writing about her glorious sunrise photo from her blog, too.
Molly’s Eye Shares:
marigold sun rising over
sea smoke over waves
sky blue
small frost forest
sunlight shining through
crystal hoarfrost
light
her light
joy
Gail Aldous draft
Ah, love the breath of light, her light. My student chose the golden sunrise to write about, too. I’ve mined another poem from Molly’s post that I will share on Friday. This give and take is one of the things I value most about the writing community.
Thank you, Margaret. I agree with you on valuing the give and take of the writing community. I have learned so much from so many. I look forward to reading your poem on Friday. If you want to, you can tell your student I couldn’t resist writing about Molly’s glorious sunrise photo, either.
I really like your title, Gail. And the lines “light her light joy” and how you did the line breaks. Lovely!
Thank you, Rose. I first had just Molly’s Eye for the title and added she shares to the 3rd stanza. Even though it was repetitive, I didn’t like it. Then, I thought Molly shared all of it, so I put it in the title.
This is just lovely, Gail. Thank you. I especially like “marigold sun” and that you end your poem with “joy.” It was such a joy to witness all of the wonders of that morning.
Thank you, Molly. I looked up color words online and fell in love with marigold. I wrote it in my word journal. I also wrote many of your words on your blog on my word journal. Your photos and you always bring joy. Lift our spirits. Thank you.
love this progression toward joy, Gail. That is where nature always takes me.
Thank you, Jane.
Margaret, thanks for sharing my photo and linking to my post. I love your found haiku! Here’s my effort:
Winter Enchantment
It must be sorcery
that spins a filigree of frost
from Winter’s icy breath
Sorcery indeed. Love the word filigree.
Oooh – a filigree of frost. Beautiful!
I love it! Sorcery is going in my word journal. I especially love “sorcery / that spins a filigree of frost.” Filigree is going in my word journal, too. Good alliteration. I feel “winter’s icy breath” in your photos. Great personification.
Oh, the Sorcerer’s Apprentice comes to mind here! Magical poem–“filigree of frost” and “Winter’s icy breath”