Did you enjoy soaring with hawks, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors:
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Eugenia 3. Shaun Jex 4. Jade Li/Lisa | 5. Xenia Tran 6. Indira 7. Rhen Laird 8. Christine | 9. Revived Writer 10. Linda Lee Lyberg |
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Onward!
It’s the day after Valentine’s Day, more than midway through February, and the warmth recedes. The spring-like temperatures–in the New York Metropolitan area–yield to a coming cold front. While the traditional calendar calls it spring, Gregorian winter has a vote. Thus, this week’s traditional kigo.
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that states or alludes to returning cold (saekaeru).
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.
Stay warm, haijin!
Share the love. Spread the haikai:
Categories: haikai, haiku community
Frank J. Tassone 
This is my entry: https://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/english-essays-and-poems-2/english-essays-and-poems/winter-watch/ The picture was made by my brother Bob, during a traditional ships’festival.
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HAIKAI—Returning Cold
http://paperkutzs.com/2020/02/15/haikai-challenge-126-returning-cold/
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I’m not sure why I’m missing your prompts… I think I missed 125 (I’ll look – I might put something in the comments…was this the round up for 125? also. I know I did 124.
Anyway…
Yes, winter returned this week (for 126)… anyway even with the snowdrops blooming and daffodil blades rising…
twelve degrees started
Saturday – extra layers
worn to feed the birds
©JP/dh
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You missed me- perhaps I didn’t get it in on time? 🙂 I did post on Mr.. Linky
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That’s strange. I’ll check and adjust when I start blogging for the day.
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All taken care of, Linda! 🙂
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You didn’t have to do that, but I appreciate it Frank. 😉
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Always my pleasure, Linda! You’re a regular contributor, and I didn’t want to see your latest left behind. 🙂
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The cold has been coming and going for the last month or so here in Texas, so I was particularly feeling this week’s theme 🙂
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