Connecting to nature through poetry and prose
June 24 - June 30 is the 26th week of 2024. This week, we remain in the Solar Term of Summer Solstice (June 21 - July 06). The micro-seasons for this week are “Self-Heal Withers” (June 21 - June 26) and “Irises Bloom” (June 27 - July 01). Basho, Issa, Buson, Shiki, and Reichhold wrote the poems selected for this week.
Week 43 - Frost Descent. October 23-29 is the 43rd week of the Gregorian calendar. Within this week we have the Solar Term of Frost Descent, the micro-seasons of “The First Frost Falls”(Oct 23 - Oct 27) and “Light Rain Showers”(Oct 28 - Nov 01), and a full moon. The haiku for this week will focus on atmospheric and celestial events of late autumn.
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