February 05 - February 11 is the sixth week of 2024 in the Gregorian calendar.  During this week, we enter the Solar Term of the Beginning of Spring (Feb 04 - Feb 18). We also pass through the micro-seasons of “Spring Winds Thaw the Ice” (Feb 04 - Feb 08) and enter the micro-season of “The Nightingale Sings” (Feb 09 - Feb 13).  This week also marks the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. The haiku selected for this week were written by Basho, Issa, Kinue, Greve, and Kerouac.