Wintry Mix: Natsume Sōseki, Neil Young, and My Eldest…

I posted “Over the wintry” earlier today.

I’ve been playing “Winterlong” on guitar between outside snow day fun and shoveling.

Inspired by Natsume, I thought it would be fun to ask/make my eldest to write a haiku about today’s weather. We read The Trials of Apollo series together, and every chapter starts with a haiku, which is to say, the form is familiar. As is the cheek:

I like to eat snow.

I pelt my Dad with snowballs.

Don’t eat the yellow snow.

I mean, no lies detected.

A Winter Ascetic

 

My piece, “A Winter Ascetic,” is included in today’s update at Thieves Jargon. I’m in the company of Douglas I. Thompson, Thomas Boulan, Steve Finbow, Jacob McArthur Mooney, Andy Riverbed, Zachary C. Bush, Mark Baumer, Joel Van Noord, Lyn Lifshin, Nora C. Gruenberg, Rowan Carter, Timothy Gager, TygerLilly Ernst and Edward Cowan. Check it out.