Haiku: A Christmas Wish

a smiling blue and white whippet in a winter jacket running on the beach
a black whippet sprinting along the shoreline in a winter jacket

stars at Christmas
our wish for love and peace
carried by the sea

© Xenia Tran

Merry Christmas written in the sand beside the tidal line

We are taking a short blogging break and will be back on 29th December.

Warm Christmas wishes to all of you who celebrate and a wonderful week ahead,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/100 s – ISO 100.

Carpe Diem’s Seven Days Before Christmas 2019 (1): Peace Within

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #118: Christmas

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #285: Hope & Star

Author: whippetwisdom

The stories, poems and photographs on this blog are the original creative work of Xenia Tran. Inspired by life in the Scottish Highlands and in awe of nature she gives voice to the wisdom of her two adopted whippets Eivor and Pearl.

57 thoughts on “Haiku: A Christmas Wish”

  21. SMiLes.. December 25th ALWayS NoW
    Seems Like a New Year to me.. Xenia…
    Sun RiSinG Higher VisuAlly DaNCinG
    On Southern Horizon Again So Free
    A Star Is Born To
    Rise For We
    Will Never
    See A Star Fall
    We Name as Home my FRiEnD NoW…
    Merry Christmas from Santa Florida
    Otherwise Known Felt and Sensed
    As Santa Rosa And Saint Rose of
    Lima too the Church i Visit
    To Dance And Sing
    Free THere..
    Heaven
    Under The Milky
    Way The Church of
    Love Within my FRiEnD We(i)CaLL iT LoVE..:)

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    1. Smiles dear Fred, I can see how 25th December is like a New Year reborn with brightest stars. It’s so lovely to see the sun dancing higher above the horizon. Merry Christmas from Santa Alba to you and Katrina too! 🤗💖🎄🎅🎶

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  24. Pingback: #Haikai Challenge #119 (12/28/19): New Year (Shinnen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga – Frank J. Tassone

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