silvestrovo

ptičje sledi v snegu

izginejo

mraz vztraja
vrana se pomakne
globlje med veje

vožnja domov
svetloba riše vzorce
na vetrobran

opoldanski mraz
nov list se dotakne snega
ob na pol zasutem

neskončna sivina
s snegom pokrito seme
sega navzgor

petarda
zrak se napolni
s pticami

hoopla

oh well... gautami of the rooted fame has hoopla-ed me to write 12 random things about meself that have to do with christmas. I'll copy/paste the rules but i don't by any means intend to stick to them.

The Rules of the Hoopla
1. List 12 random things about yourself that have to do with Christmas.
2. Please refer to it as ‘hoopla’ and not the dreaded ‘m’-word.
3. You have to specifically tag people when you are done. None of this “if you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged” stuff is allowed…then nobody ends up actually doing it. The number of people who you tag is really up to you — but the more, the merrier to get this ‘hoopla’ circulating through the Blog-o-sphere.
4. Don't forget to link back to the person who tagged you.
5. Please try to do it as quickly as possible. The Christmas season will be over before we know it.

• when i was a child christmas was not a holiday in my (then) country
• many people celebrated it nonetheless (catholicism has a very strong influence in these areas) but the rest of us just knew it existed but didn't care about its symbolism or anything
• however, gradmother, and later mother, would make 'potica' for christmas. mother still does
• santa claus only existed in movies
• but we had grandpa cold who brought presents to the good children on new year's eve
• the tree in our family was decorated no sooner than the day before new year's eve
• all the family would partake in decorating the tree
• i have never been to a midnight mass nor do i ever wish to be
• we no longer exchange presents on new year's but now the family gathers on christmas day to do so
• boxing day is officially a state holiday, conpletely unrelated to christmas in my (now) country (i don't want to set ranting about it now)
• as you may have gathered, i don't care all that much about christmas
• but i can't say i don't enjoy sharing in the christmas spirit, whatever that is supposed to be

ok, that's it. all i can think of right now. and since i said i'd break the rules, the buck stops here. christmas is over anyway. i specifically tag nobody (but if someone wishes to do this me... oops, hoopla, you're welcome to do so)

update: kai of kai's poetry responded to this hoopla. thank you, sweetie.

božični dan
sinička vzame seme
iz krmilnice

dež
preide v sodro
preide sneg
reče, da je prosila
za bel božič

rastoč

na zimskem polju

ivje

brezbarven dan
ptica v pristanku otrese
ivje z drevesa

zimski solsticij
tovorni vlak počasi vleče
proti postaji

kristali ledu
obrobijo liste...
pesem taščice

zaposlena

rastoča luna vzhaja

nad mestom

hrepenim
po njegovih besedah
tiha ptica
sede na vrh
golega drevesa

oster veter
vsa stebla se upogibajo
v isto smer

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i would also like to thank juliet of Crafty Green Poet for awarding me the true blue blogging award. but as i said, the buck stops here (sorry).

pozabljeni poljubi
nočni sneg ostaja
v bukovih listih

zimsko popoldne
race veslajo
k nizkemu soncu

snežni obeti
kosa v drevesu
zreta na jug

decembrsko sonce
prazno igrišče se
polni s krakanjem

sinička pristane
na golem javorju
lesk dežnih kapelj

oblačno nebo

vrane se spreletavajo

med vrhovi dreves

vrzel v oblakih

veverica skrije oreh

v krtino

zimska svetloba
jata galebov šviga
prek ribnika

oblaki se tanjšajo
za hip sonce vžge svoj znak
med mrtvo rastje

decembrski dež
začenjam sekljati
drugo čebulo

haiga first published in simply haiku spring 2007

zima se bliža
stari hrast nič več
ne skriva brazgotin

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a few busy days ahead; may or may not post until weekend.
have fun in blogopia!

začetek decembra
rožnat oblak se vije nad
nakupovalnim centrom

decembrski dež
kos v rožnem grmu
ostaja tiho

neposlano pismo
jutranji dež kaplja
s preostalega lista

začetek zime
sence preženejo sonce
v vrh breze