A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil after he did not see his shadow Saturday on Groundhog Day.
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Thank you, haijin, for all of your moving tributes to Rachel Sutcliffe. Congratulations to last week’s contributors:
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. The Dark Netizen 4. Jane Dougherty 5. Petru J Viljoen |
6. Isabel Caves 7. Jules @ Strands 8. Hifsa Ashraf 9. Janice 10. Xenia Tran |
11. Revived Writer 12. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 13. Linda Lee Lyberg 14. Kerfe Roig 15. Toni Spencer |
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Ultreya!
“It’s Groundhog’s Day!”
Punxsutawney Phil has come and gone without seeing his shadow. According to legend, that means an early Spring! How fitting, since Spring begins in February, according to the traditional Lunar Calendars of Asia. (In fact, your humble haijin will be enjoying a day off this Tuesday thanks to the Lunar New Year! :))
Nevertheless, even though “Spring” may begin according to the lunar calendar, it’s still cold! Therefore, this week’s Kigo is, appropriately enough, still cold (yokan)
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to (being) still cold (yokan)
As always:
Hereโs how the challenge works:
1. write the haikai poem of your choice.
2. post the link of your post to Mister Linky.
3. pingback by posting the link to the challenge on your site.
4. read and comment on other contributorsโ posts.
Happy Spring, haijin! Stay warm!
Frank J. Tassone 
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