The temperature outside dwindles as I read by the cozy fire.   The temperature outside dwindles as I read by the cozy fire. Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using today’s Shakespeare word—dwindle—to be entered…

A vulnerable river pleads with the clouds to  dry their wintry tears.   A vulnerable river pleads with the clouds to dry their wintry tears. Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using today’s Shakespeare…

Bells clangor a loud song to remind me of the time, cold weather says, “Shush.”   Bells clangor aloud song to remind me of the time, cold weather says, “Shush.” Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own…

Yelping for joy, snowflakes drifting are interrupted by my sparkling smile.   Yelping for joy, snowflakes drifting are interrupted by my sparkling smile. Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using today’s Shakespeare word—yelping—to be…

Zany snowflakes, you cling to the branches of tall trees avoiding the ground.   Zany snowflakes, you cling to the branches of tall trees avoiding the ground. Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using…

Wind howling through the empty streets whispers to me, “Once upon winter.”   Wind howling through the empty streets whispers to me, “Once upon winter.” Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using today’s Shakespeare…

Snowflakes scuffle through another blustery day and tickle my smiling face.   Snowflakes scuffle through another blustery day to tickle my face. Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using today’s Shakespeare word—scuffle—to be entered…

Watchdog moon, you shine as I block the bitter wind with my overcoat. Watchdog moon you shine as I block the bitter wind with my overcoat. Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using today’s Shakespeare…

Winter sun sets behind palms as moonbeams sprinkle the sandy shore like snow.   Winter sun sets behind palms as moonbeams sprinkle the sandy shore like snow. Now you try! Here’s how to enter: Enter your own haiku here using…

Hokku is a 13th century form of Japanese poetry that was originally the short, quippy opening for a much longer poem, the renga. Hokku, over time, became the little poetic form we all know and love—haiku. Here in the 21st…