Originally posted on thoughts and entanglements: in the tall grass the start of feathery plumes – new sign of autumn Pat R 9/21/20 For Frank Tassone’s Weekly Haiku Challenge where the prompt is to write a haiku with reference to autumn-spring-equinox-shunbun To read entries or to participate go here

#Haiku Happenings #5: Jules’ latest solo #renga for my current #Haikai Challenge! shunbun garden find(solo renga) Third instar larva of the cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia Linnaeus. green caterpillarcrawling up the maple treelooking to cocoon giant silk moth will arrivewith five to seven inch wings autumn prep, deep sleepthroughout a cool cold winterto emerge in spring…

Originally posted on K.: gather well in preparation for winter give good thanks harvest the sharing nature’s gifts day then night opposite equal complete whole wheel turning the waning of light enfolding I’ve borrowed this birdlings collage from the archives to illustrate Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge this week, autumn/spring equinox. I haven’t seen the birdlings…

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. Photo© Yvonne Ní Mhuiregán since hand first carvedto capture sun marksat year’s turning pointsthe light has fallenupon these magical stones