February 19  to February 25 is the eighth week of 2024 in the Gregorian calendar.  During this week, we begin the Solar Term of Rain Water (Feb 19 – Mar 04). The micro-seasons for this week are “Rain Moistens the Soil” (Feb 19 – Feb 23) and “Mist Starts to Linger” (Feb 24 – Feb 28). The poems selected for this week are written by Basho, Issa, Reichhold, and Teasdale.