Haiku

Hi, hope the weekend is going well, well this is number twenty-six not long to go now! https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

Haiku No 15

Hi, Tuesday is here and also my haiku for today – halfway there now! https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

Camellia Haiku

Hi in Mark’s fantastic blog this week he notes we have entered the micro-season of “The First Camellia Blossoms”. https://naturalistweekly.com/2022/11/11/micro-season-the-first-camellia-blossoms-2022/. This is the first micro-season of the mini-season of First Winter. This week Mark invites us to write a haiku or senryu that references camellias and extra points if it’s placed in winter. This is

Micro-Season

Hi in Mark’s great blog Naturalist Weekly, he notes we have entered the micro-season of “Light Rain Showers”. This is the second micro-season of the mini-season of Frost Descent. https://naturalistweekly.com/2022/10/28/micro-season-light-rain-showers-2022/. Mark invites us to write a haiku or senryu that references ‘autumn rain’, here is my contribution: https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

The Grasshopper Sings

Hi in Mark’s blog Naturalist Weekly he notes we have now entered the micro-season of “The Grasshopper Sings”. https://naturalistweekly.com/2022/10/21/micro-season-the-grasshopper-sings-2022/. This is the third micro-season of the mini-season of Cold Dew, Mark invites us to write a haiku or senryu that references grasshoppers or crickets singing. Here is mine, thanks for looking: https://ko-fi.com/aj335577

“The Geese Arrive”

In Marks post (https://naturalistweekly.com/2022/10/08/micro-season-the-geese-arrive/) he discloses that we have entered the micro-season of “The Geese Arrive”. This is the first micro-season of the mini-season of Cold Dew: The Geese Arrive (Oct 08 – Oct 12; The Chrysanthemum Flowers (Oct 13 – Oct 17) and The Grasshopper Sings (Oct 18 – Oct 22) This week Mark

Hibernating Creatures

In Mark’s blog on ‘Micro-Seasons‘, he discusses the mini-seasons of Autumn Equinox, (秋分 Shūbun), which are: Mark describes the first micro-season this week, the second is the time when ‘hibernating creatures close their doors’, (I might have jumped the gun here as he may very well be discussing ‘hibernation’ next week”!). But thanks for reading

Thunder Lowers Its Voice

Hi it’s Monday and once again a new week of writing calls. This week in Mark’s blog on ‘Micro-Seasons‘, he discussed the mini-season of Autumn Equinox (秋分 Shūbun), the first micro-season is ‘Thunder Lowers Its Voice (Sep 22 – Sep 27)’. Each week Mark includes haikus that relate to the subject and gives an invitation

Micro-Season Haiku

Welcome to a new week, hope you are well I have just read Mark’s blog ‘Micro-Seasons‘, this week he continues to discuss the mini-season of ‘Limit of Heat’ – “The Rice Ripens”. Each week Mark also adds in haikus that relate to the subject in question and gives us a challenge to write our own,

Haiku – Fog

Morning, I have just read Mar’s blog ‘Micro-Seasons’ which I can thoroughly recommend by the way and this week he continues to discuss the micro-seasons within First Autumn, established in 1685 by Japanese astronomer Shibuka Shunkai this recent blog he talks about the micro-season of “Thick Fog Blankets the Sky”. Each week Mark also adds