The Winter Leeks

The Winter Leeks - form Summary

Haiku's Spare Sensory Snapshot

This short haiku uses haiku’s extreme compression to present a single sensory moment. A domestic image — winter leeks washed white — is placed against the speaker’s exclamation about cold, creating an immediate, bodily response. The poem’s form relies on seasonal suggestion and a sudden shift between observation and feeling to evoke temperature and mood without explanation. Its brevity invites readers to supply associations between food, season, and sensation.