Shadows on Snow: Revisiting an Old Poem

Years ago I wrote the following haiku. It was included in the children’s book Robert’s Snowflakes.

A snowman shadow
paints himself in blue upon
a cold white canvas.

Note: I had originally written the poem about a tree—not a snowman.

Yesterday, I was looking down from my bedroom window at shadows on the snow in my yard. I opened a window and shot some pictures. Then I decided to re-envision the snowman haiku as a “tree” poem once again. I've posted my first draft of the poem below.

a pine
dips its bristles
in a bowl of sky
brushes blue
on a winter white canvas
paints a self portrait

Here are links to some of the other poetry & pictures posts I’ve done recently:
It Snowed and Snowed: An Original Poem
It’s Snowing Again!: An Original Poem
An Icicle Shape Poem
To Catch a Setting Sun: Rough Draft of an Original Poem
A Snowstorm Poem Three Ways

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