Hope you enjoyed your waterfalls, haijin! Congratulation to last week’s contributors!
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Peter 2. Li/Lisa Fox — West Michigan, USA 3. Jane Dougherty 4. Jules 5. Jules | 6. Colleen Chesebro 7. Eugenia 8. Dave Madden 9. willowdot21 10. Xenia Tran | 11. Kerfe Roig 12. Christine Bolton 13. Linda Lee Lyberg 14. Janice 15. Frank J. Tassone |
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Onward!
August is here. While the dog days of summer carry on for those of us in the Northern/Western hemisphere, this month begins autumn, according to the traditional calendar. What’s a haijin to do?
Look to the Moon, of course!
This Monday, the full moon returns. As I noted almost a year ago, the full moon of August is known as the Sturgeon Moon:
August’s full Moon was traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer.
Other names for this Full Moon include ”Full Green Corn Moon,” signaling that the corn was nearly ready for harvest, “Wheat Cut Moon,” “Moon When All Things Ripen,” and ”Blueberry Moon.”
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the sturgeon moon.
As always:
Here’s 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 contributors’ posts.
Happy Sturgeon Moon-gazing, haijin!
Frank J. Tassone 
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