Well I don't expect anyone else to be working today, so here are a couple of haibun for the Christmas holiday season that I finished recently…
TWO HAIBUN FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
by Charles Christian
Shimmering in gold, two little angels – halos askew – frolic on a petrol station forecourt. It must be school nativity play time again. That, or the start of the Second Coming.
deer moving cautiously in my garden –
their bones remember the wolves
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Caught in the car headlights, an old man and his chubby dog out walking on a snowy Boxing Day afternoon. Over his shoulder, the old man carries a log. For the rest of the drive home, I keep a look out for King Wenceslas and his page.
raucous cries in a twilit sky –
rooks heading home to roost
