A new book, featuring some of these poems with their original inspiration images by photographer Dave Walsh is now available by clicking here.
Iceberg
Round Hall, now empty –
Echoing still, with proud boasts ~
Walls glow from within.
Dolphin
Lucky pair, untouched –
By our hands ~ delicious –
Frolic, salty, cold.
Wave
A splash –
Between your limbs –
Warmer than you.
Whale
A lone humpback whale –
Singing songs, that go unheard –
Bouncing, wall to wall.
Luna
Archean craton –
Its sister, shines high above –
The straight and the smooth.
Slush
The heat approaches –
Soon no ice will be left here –
Enjoy while you can.
Seabird
Our Tor, high and true-
Ice: our metamorphic rock –
‘The Black Republic’.
Giant
A sleeping giant –
Frozen in time, undisturbed –
Dreaming of warm Sun.
Bridge
An Ice Rialto –
No merchants, no canals here –
Pure wind, eye of God.
Pool
Ovaries and womb –
Centered with a melted child –
Reverse pregnancy.
Nanuk
Fibre optic hair –
Conceals my Arctic night skin –
Soon I will move South.
Ridge
Many fingered hand –
Squashes the ice, and drops it –
White, fresh cold mála.
River
A race with the sun –
To be ice-bound ox-bow lake –
Unseen, transient.
Passage
Ephemeral coasts –
Ice melting ~ we now keep pace –
With our satellites.
Tern
Maniraptoran –
High above the ice ~ supreme –
Little black-eyed god.
Fox
How now, my Brother?
Pray, never have occasion ~
to smell of my blood.
Walrus
Scourge of the bivalves –
and much else ~ the tusks reserved –
mainly for fighting.
Seal
Eyes atop my head –
Near submerged, checking for bears –
and photographers.
Buried
The warmer ice gets –
More and more stuff is revealed –
Like meteorites.
Bear
Midnight Polar Sun,
Endless light illuminates ~
White Bear’s shadowself.
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Inspired by images of the Arctic and Antarctic taken by my friend Dave Walsh:
duncancleary 
Lovely, lovely haiku–
Audrey
Thanks Audrey.
Okay this is just so creative! Pressing LOVE button!
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enjoyed these, well done.
Happy New Year.
Thanks.
very awesome word flow.
Thanks Tifiny.
very thoughtful topics, creative and fun entry.
Thanks Taylor.
Lovely, lovely, lovely. Each one is a treasure to read and ponder.
Thank you Stephen, much appreciated.
Truly inspired!
Thanks Raven!
I love these haiku, thank you for sharing
You are welcome, thanks for visiting.
A soft and gentle haiku Duncan – you’ve got range! Beautiful to read.
Cheers Aoifs.
Lovely. I was especially taken with “Bridge.” but all have something special to say.
Thank you for sharing.
Siggin in Downeast Maine
Thanks for visiting Siggi. I have friends that live in Maine, they speak highly of it, hope it’s not too ‘Polar’ there right now.
Book by friend Dave Walsh now available, includes these poems and the images that inspired them: http://davewalshphoto.com/2012/09/03/cold-edge-book/