A hard frost –
warm shades of chrysanthemums
in the stonewall’s shelter

Short of fingers
on which to count blessings –
the child’s thanks-giving

Family meal –
the colors of harvest
the voices of home

by Carol Purington
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These haiku are from Carol’s classic book,Family Farm: Haiku for a Place of Moons(1999, Winfred Press; reprinted in 2015).

Today’s post is reprinted from this site on November 21, 2016.

Three New Books by Carol Puringtonis a beautiful post by her family at Woodslawn Farm. She asked her family to complete this work for her. I ordered the books and am now reading them. Excellent work by all.

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