Nastiness visiting, I change the sheets and wash the blanket. But we're making a detour back onto the couch. It may not speed up the winter bug I picked up, but it sure feels cozy.

Please add your own. The best will receive silent admiration from thousands.

Hot fluffy blanket
Directly from the dryer
Chasing winter colds

My six indoor cats
Visit me in my lounge chair
It is serenity.

Snowflakes look so nice
They are evil incarnate
Melt, you suckers, melt

The cold dark winter
makes me long for warmer days
and later sunsets

The elderberry
Zinc, vitamin C and D
Makes me feel better

Beer
Homemade chicken soup
More beer

The story is, once you catch a cold virus and get better, you are immune to that strain of virus (though not the subsequent mutations).

Second, unless you are immune to a virus, you'll still catch it through the simplest of transfer methods.

Third and finally, the beer will keep you hydrated and in a better physical position for not caring about the general aches and crappy feeling and, the chicken soup should last a couple days so you can focus on the beer and getting better.

hoodie busted out
getting ready to rake leaves
colored trees abound

I abhor winter
Yet winter is persistent
Perpetual conflict

Head is exploding
Some diverticulitis
Inflamed lungs. What next?

It's actually quite not that bad. On the mend, as they say. I'm fortunate in that I can usually simply stay home and not work when I want. Enduring penury with grace is my saving attribute.

The "raking leaves" poem recalls fond memories of teenage yard work. Well, maybe the first fifteen minutes. Dad finally moved into an apartment. No more group raking exercises.

Hydrate, rest, soup. I also like a lot of dry firewood for the wood stove, 78 degrees is about right.

This is a haiku thread, people.

See here if you're unfamiliar with the format: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haiku

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Winter comes early,
Too damned cold for Thanksgiving;
I miss the daylight.

-Rob

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BurtonRW:
This is a haiku thread, people.



It is a Haiku
For everyone’s enjoyment
Winter is focus

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
This is a haiku thread ...

Thanks for your guidance
All comments are most welcome
Except cat pictures



Third coffee, making it weak with lots of milk. Ripe fruit. Coming back to life. Swept the gutter. Damn, ten minutes outside is enough. And a young contractor is trying to hire me for a night supervisor shift in the elements. He cannot understand why I keep refusing the job. Enduring penury with grace ...

My hands are frozen
My nose and ears feel like ice
Get me back inside

As Autumn passes
And now Winter approaches
We expect cold days

You like snow, poet?
So come shovel all this shit.
Then write a nice poem.