Pen and Ink

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dverse Haibun Monday – 5 prompt by Toni (Kanzensakura)

The backyard is a pen and ink drawing of lines and splotches in snow. A Junco flits from a frosted tree to the rust-coated wire fence. Clumps of grey grass shake off the rime and sway in an icy breeze that looses an avalanche from the drooping pine. It falls with a dull plop amidst the shades of charcoal and white in a finely sketched scene of serene. My eye catches a pop of brilliant pink in a tangle of snow covered branches of the quince shrub. Delicate blushing buds bravely nod as winter rudely interrupted spring. But, still there is the promise of renewal soon.

 

Winter hangs on long
spring gently tightens her grip
this sparring won’t last.