Winter kigo on Carpe Diem prompt is winter rain, fuyu no ame, and my take on this prompt starts from this picture taken the other night in the first sleet. The bush is a mock orange (Philadelphus) smelling like jasmine in early summer.
fragrance underneath
shiny icy armory
winter rain
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icicle garden
winter jasmine flowering
freezing sleet tonight
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December 8, 2012

Mm …nice perfumed haiku on ‘winter rain’. Thank you for sharing on Carpe Diem.
I love your winter hidden fragrance and the jasmine flowering. The word “armory” is perfect to describe winter for life goes on under the snow.
Fragrance/flowering/freezing … nice rhythm, sounds so well!
A beautiful melding of image and words….bravo!
The fragrance is indeed underneath and waiting,how lovely.
brrr can feel the cold ~ yet smell the delightful scent below the ice ~ well done haiku ~
(A Creative Harbor) aka ‘ArtMuse Dog ^_^
winter rain blankets the earth and keeps all plant life safe til spring….
Brrrr — I believe my mock orange will get some freezing temperatures tonight … although without the nourishing winter rain. Hard to believe it was 80 degrees F a couple of days ago — and 30s today!!
Winter Rain