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I hope you enjoyed the Cherry Blossoms, haijin! Seems many of you did! Congratulations to last week’s contributors:
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Tessa 3. Dwight L. Roth 4. ennle madresan 5. Jules @ fiction | 6. The Dark Netizen 7. Deborah 8. Pat R 9. Shannon Blood 10. Janice | 11. Helene Vaillant 12. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 13. Revived Writer |
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Onward!
It’s a big week coming up. Christians celebrate Holy Week, the last week of lent, which culminates in the Triduum–Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Tomorrow is Passion Sunday, in which many communities will hear the Gospel of the death of Christ. It all leads up to Easter!
Those not of the Christian persuasion have seen temperatures begin to rise (in the Northern Hemisphere) or fall (in the Southern). Trees may begin to bud, and some–like the Cherry and Dogwood–bloom. Frogs croak in unison, birdsongs fill the air, or leaves fall and birds/frogs fall silent.
Meanwhile, in the midst of all of this, comes the full moon, known in April as the Pink Moon:
In ancient times, it was common to track the seasons by the lunar calendar (as opposed to the solar calendar, which cameย later).
Native peoplesย once observed the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon.ย Timeย was not recorded by using the months of the Julian or Gregorian calendar. As a result, many of the traditional names we use inย The Old Farmerโs Almanacย come from the Native Americans who interacted with Americanย Colonists.
Aprilโs full Moon is calledย theย Full Pink Moon, heraldingย the appearance of the โmoss pink,โ or wildย ground phloxโone of the early springย flowers.
Pink ground phlox, or โmoss pink,โ lends its name to the Aprilย Moon.
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the Pink Moon.
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.
It’s getting warm. Why don’t you dance by the light of the moon, haijin?
Frank J. Tassone 
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