Illumination ofย Earthย byย Sunย on the day ofย equinoxย (vernal and autumnal). Image by Przemyslaw “Blueshade” Idzkiewicz.
Enjoyed enough fish, haijin? Some of you marched along. Congratulations to last week’s contributors:
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 2. Tessa 3. Reena Saxena | 4. Jane Dougherty 5. Jules @ Strands 6. Revived Writer | 7. Janice 8. Linda Lee Lyberg |
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Looking ahead:
What a week coming up! St. Patrick’s Day–the unofficial Irish-American day here in the US–tomorrow, and the March Equinox arriving by Wednesday:
Theย March equinox[3][4]ย orย Northward equinox[5][6]ย is theย equinoxย on theย Earthย when theย subsolar pointย appears to leave theย Southern Hemisphereย and cross theย celestial equator, heading northward as seen from Earth. The March equinox is known as theย vernal equinoxย in theย Northern Hemisphereย and as theย autumnal equinoxย in the Southern.[4][3][7]
On theย Gregorian calendar, the Northward equinox can occur as early as 19 March or as late as 21 March at Greenwich. For aย common yearย theย computed time slippageย is about 5 hours 49 minutesย laterย than the previous year, and for a leap year about 18 hours 11 minutesย earlierย than the previous year. Balancing the increases of the common years against the losses of the leap years keeps the calendar date of the March equinox from drifting more than one day from 20 March each year.
The March equinox may be taken to mark the beginning ofย springย and the end ofย winterย in the Northern Hemisphere but marks the beginning ofย autumnand the end ofย summerย in the Southern Hemisphere.[8]Inย astronomy, the March equinox is the zero point ofย sidereal timeย and, consequently,ย right ascension.[9]ย It also serves as a reference for calendars and celebrations in many human cultures and religions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox
Spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, and Autumn in the Southern. Ah, let us hope so!
This week, write the haikai poem (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) of your choice that states, references or alludes to the March Equinox as it pertains to your hemisphere of residence (Spring for the north, Autumn for the south)
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/Autumn, haijin!
Frank J. Tassone 
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