January Haiku

Tomoe is gone for a week snow-shoeing and camping in the snow-covered mountains of Otari Mura. I had hoped to take the opportunity to "get lots of stuff done", but the koshogatsu (little new year) festival happened the day she left, the next day I was just recovering - I didn't even drink! I just had a REALLY painful cold for two days prior, and then that day (when I had to get up at 4:30 am to participate in the festivities) and the cold just seemed to keep getting worse. I remember when I used to get a cold and think "What's the big deal... why are all these losers skipping work just because of a cold?".

Luckily, it was better today, just a stuffy nose and some scum in the lungs. I spent most of the day at the monthly Haiku poem meeting. Again, it was a lot of fun. This time all of my poems were chosen by at least two people as "one of seven favorites". And, since I want to go to sleep now, to cure the rest of my cold, but I don't want you to miss my great Haiku genius...

白に黒雪風呂浴びるカラスかな
shiro ni kuro yukiburo abiru karasu kana
Black on white, a crow bathing in the snow bath?

雪山に萌葱色繭目立つかな
yukiyama ni moegiiro mayu medatsu kana
I wonder if the bright green cocoon stands out in the snowy mountain.

冬の日の暖房便座幸せよ
fuyu no hi no danboubenza shiawase yo
On a winter day, the heated toilet seat is like heaven.