Haiku:

白き帳

(Shiroki tobari) – A white curtain

城の息さえ

(Shiro no iki sae) – Even the castle’s breath

雪にとける

(Yuki ni tokeru) – Melts into the snow

Poem:

Snow falls like breath,

folding the castle in white stillness.

Stone, once proud, now gentled,

its edges blurred by grace.

No sound remains but the hush

of winter weaving its veil.

The world holds its breath

beneath the silent curtain of snow.