Afterthaw’s blizzard
Chills water to ice, mid-drip –
Bird’s baths must wait.

~

Clear path turns long trudge
To mailbox. Warm weather left
No return address.

~

Cardinal feathers
From slick shiny to puffed warmth —
Cold’s return fashion.

~

Weatherbug’s re-freeze
Tells crocus and snowdrops:
“Sleep on for awhile.”

~

Midwinter light grows
Temperatures again shrink
Capricious see-saw.

Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge.  Frank says:
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to returning cold (saekaeru).