Wednesday 29 February 2012

Clear

Murky skies,
no appointments -
a clear day.

Tuesday 28 February 2012

Blue

Blue graffiti
sprayed across a window
deface the day.

Monday 27 February 2012

Sour

Sour diesel fumes,
crows crying and the
colour of fear.

Sunday 26 February 2012

Smell

An edge of warmth,
a smell of soil and sap
- already?

Saturday 25 February 2012

Sunny

Sunny skies
and sunshine on my plate -
pastel de nata.

Friday 24 February 2012

Descending

Dark clouds,
descending mists
of unreality.

Thursday 23 February 2012

Steaming

Steaming tea
the colour of honey -
warmth before dawn.

Wednesday 22 February 2012

Drear

Drear, icy light
strips the air of colour -
determination.

Tuesday 21 February 2012

Long

long strides and the ground
like a treadmill always
replacing itself

Monday 20 February 2012

Flickering

On the steely ground,
streaks of light and shadow,
flickering, reaching.

Sunday 19 February 2012

Muddy

A muddy path
winds between bare trees -
cold, sleepless night.

Saturday 18 February 2012

Flying

Passers by
shriek and scatter -
flying dustbins.

Friday 17 February 2012

Small

On the dim ceiling,
a triangle of light -
day starts small.

Thursday 16 February 2012

Mottled

Is that really blue
behind the mottled bruising
of the morning sky?

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Dead

Wake with a start,
mistaking a bird's cry
for my dead cat's.

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Obdurate

Warmer today,
but the frozen lake
is obdurate.

Monday 13 February 2012

Black

Black pepper
invigorates tomatoes,
scorches my tongue.

Sunday 12 February 2012

Clean

Escape from the day
down a long tunnel
of soft, clean sheets.

Saturday 11 February 2012

Infinite

The sky has turned
from grey to infinite blue -
pigeons in space

Friday 10 February 2012

Impatient

Fresh snowfall -
so pretty and I
so impatient.

Thursday 9 February 2012

Abandoned

After the thaw,
the melted snowman's
abandoned snowchildren.

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Through

Icicles slice
through the soles
of my furry boots.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Taste

Custard: the taste
of childhood and colour
of bananas.

Monday 6 February 2012

Fade

Fade to grey:
the snow slumps
and crawls away.

Sunday 5 February 2012

Muted

Muted cracking
of the frozen snow -
no other sound.

Saturday 4 February 2012

Swollen

Purple silence -
the sky sidles closer,
swollen with snow.

Friday 3 February 2012

Inadept

Frozen fingers
so inadept at texting -
try telepathy.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Flawless

Flawless blue above -
too cold to stand still,
everyone glimmers.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Tiny (2)

Glugging icy water -
through the bottle's base,
a tiny winter scene.

I just found out about NaHaiWriMo - couldn't resist.

Tiny

Gulping water from the bottle, shockingly cold as a mountain stream, through its base I get a tiny view of black tree trunks stark against the wintry sky.