Carpe Diem #78, frost (shimo)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

First I will wish you all a Merry Christmas. Second I am proud ... I have read wonderful haiku on the Special by Buson ... makes me even a little bit jealous, because I couldn't write a haiku inspired on the one I gave by Buson, well ... no that's not true, sometimes lack of inspiration can be a pain in the ass.
Maybe later on this year or in the New Year that I find the inspiration to write a haiku inspired on the 'Millionaire' by Buson.

Today is Christmas day and our new prompt for Carpe Diem is 'frost'(shimo). As I 'tried' to write this post I thought about that lovely Christmas song 'Frosty the Snowman'

I had to share this lovely song ... sorry ...

Well back to the purpose of this post writing a haiku on 'frost'. What is 'frost'?

Frost forms when water vapor freezes into ice crystals on cold surfaces. In winter, temperatures are usually low as the sun is low in the sky during the day and the nights are long. On clear nights, when there is no blanket of clouds to keep the warmth in, then any heat received during the day quickly escapes. The temperature will therefore drop considerably and as the moisture in the air freezes, the ground will be covered with frost.

There are several haiku written on 'frost'. For example this one by Issa:

asa shimo ni ushio o chirasu miyai kana

morning frost melts
in the floodtide...
Shinto shrine

Issa

Or this one by Buson, our haiku master for this month:

asatsuyuya mada shimo shiranu kamino ochi

Morning dew--
Though by frost untouched
A hair fell.

Buson

Or this one, also by Buson:

ejino himo shirashira shimono yoakekana

The guards' fire
Whitish turns
a frosty daybreak.

Well, enough haiku by the great haiku masters, time for the 'modern haiku master' to write his haiku on 'frost (shimo)' (how immodest).

frozen flowers
this late winter day -
longing for Spring

frozen windows
the Almighty painted
wonderful flowers

deep in my bones
I feel the icy cold of frost -
my heart still warm

 
That's it my dear friends. During Christmas I haven't time to post our new episode of Carpe Diem. So I will post two new episodes on December 27th around 11.59 AM (CET). So you all can have a rest for writing and composing haiku.

Have fun with this post and have a wonderful Christmas.