I trust you savored your experience of equinox, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors:
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Tessa 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Reena Saxena 4. Jules @ Strands 5. Jane Dougherty | 6. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 7. Revived Writer 8. Linda Lee Lyberg 9. Pat R 10. Janice | 11. Jim Feeney 12. Xenia Tran 13. Merril D. Smith 14. Frank J. Tassone |
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Ultreya!
It’s still cold outside. The wind swirls and roars. The chimes ring out without pause. But the bright light of a spring day remains. Sooner or later, as the days continue to warm, the returning birds of the backyard will sing.
Theย swallows,ย martinsย andย saw-wings, orย Hirundinidae, are a family ofย passerinebirdsย found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The termย Swallowย is used colloquially inย Europeย as a synonym for theย barn swallow. There are around 90 species of Hirundinidae,[1]ย divided into 19ย genera, with the greatest diversity found in Africa, which is also thought to be where they evolved as hole-nesters.[2]They also occur on a number of oceanic islands. A number of European and North American species are long-distanceย migrants; by contrast, the West and South African swallows are non-migratory.
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or references swallow (tsubame)
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.
Enjoy the swallow songs, haijin!
Frank J. Tassone 
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