Winter Solitude

lonely frosty nights
arms wrapped around my own knees
watching snowflakes form

Kim M. Russell, 1^st November 2018

My response to Carpe Diem #1534 Yaha … one of Basho’s ten greatest disciples (crossroads)

In the penultimate episode of Carpe Diem’s sixth anniversary month, we have arrived at the letter Y for Yaha, one of Basho’s disciples, who lived from 1662 to 1740.

The task for today is to create a fusion-haiku from two haiku by Yaha:

asajimo ya shi no sune omou yuki no kure

morning frost –
I think of the shins of my master
on a night with snow

chikara na ya hiza o kakaete fuyugomori

no strength left –
I wrap my arms around my knees
in winter solitude

© Yaha