My daughter Shara and her husband Toby live on Lopez Island, WA. On Feb 12, Toby took this photograph of their buddha statue covered in snow. About a foot tall, it’s located in their back yard near the clifftop seats overlooking the ocean. It’s quite the view! I visited them in June 2017. Toby said: “We had quite a bit of snow here, it was really lovely just for that week.” He recently added the photo to his impressive collection on social media. I was inspired to write him a winter haiku on this first day of spring!
a winter haiku
wrapped in white silence
contemplating nothingness
the buddha ascends
©Ken Chawkin
March 21, 2019
Fairfield, Iowa
You can see more of Toby’s photos on his Facebook: fatbuddhascat and Instagram: greatbritishphoto.
Here is another winter haiku based on this photographer’s work: A photograph by Julia Preminger of the Catskill Mountains covered in snow inspired this haiku.
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