{"id":9078,"date":"2008-03-20T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T05:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/20\/vernal-equinox-reprise-again\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:30","slug":"vernal-equinox-reprise-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/20\/vernal-equinox-reprise-again\/","title":{"rendered":"vernal equinox: reprise again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"raindropSF\" \"raindropSF\" O<\/em><\/strong>ne thing about the seasons, we can count on them returning. As strange as it seems to have already Sprung Forward into daylight savings time, spring (the vernal equinox) arrives around 1:48 EDT this morning. Noting that we have thunderstorms, along with a mix of rain and snow due overnight here in Schenectady, and in the spirit of saving energy, here is a reprise of a very satisfying posting from March 20, 2007, which welcomes spring with haiku and senryu. May you be renewed and blossom in the new season. [Note: no snowmen were injured<\/a> in the production of this weblog post.]<\/p>\n

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the lawn crunches
\nSpring\u2019s first bocce match
\npostponed<\/p>\n

………… Haiga: poem by david giacalone\/ dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/em>; photo by Arthur Giacalone – Simply Haiku<\/em> haiga<\/a> (Vol. 5: 1, 2007)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

equinoxically yours<\/strong><\/a> [first posted March 20, 2007]<\/p>\n

D<\/strong><\/em>espite the forecast for record low temperatures tonight \u2014 or, maybe because of it \u2014 the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang needs to celebrate<\/a> the Spring (Vernal) Equinox<\/a> with a few haiku from some of our Honored Guest<\/a> friends.<\/p>\n

expecting a night
\nof spring\u2026
\nnight frost<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

to one side
\nof my paper lantern\u2026
\nspring\u2019s first dawn<\/p>\n

half of it
\nis flitting snow\u2026
\nspring rain<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026……..\u2026\u2026 by Issa<\/a>, translated by David G. Lanoue (500 more<\/a> on spring)<\/p>\n

\"umbrella<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

spring equinox
\nmoonshadow deepens
\nthe creek<\/p>\n

spring-like day
\nthe cat grapples
\nwith a catnip bird<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

spring longing
\nthe man
\nin the three-quarter moon<\/p>\n

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\u2026\u2026 by carolyn hall<\/a> —<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> \u201cspring-like day\u201d – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (2004)
\n\u201cspring equinox\u201d – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (2000)
\n\u201cspring longing\u201d – frogpond<\/em> XXVIII: 1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the widower
\ncoaxed to the dance floor
\nspring equinox<\/p>\n

the gardener\u2019s sleeves
\nrolled to the elbow
\nspring equinox<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026…………. by tom painting<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> – from A New Resonance 2<\/em> (2001) \"raindropSF\" \"raindropSF\"
\n\u201cgardener\u2019s\u201d – Frogpond<\/em> XXI v:2;
\n\u201cthe widower\u201d- Modern Haiku<\/em> XXXI: 2<\/p>\n

first day of spring
\nall the fly-fishing books
\nout of the library<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

higher and higher
\non the trampoline
\nspring rain<\/p>\n

\u2026.. by matt morden<\/a> —<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> \u201cfirst day of spring\u201d – A New Resonance 2<\/em> (2001)
\n\u201chigher and higher\u201d – tug of the current<\/em>; Haiku Canada Newsl<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

snapping
\nthe hood back on my coat –
\nspring arrives<\/p>\n

last day of winter – \"raindropSF\" \"raindropSF\"
\nice smothers
\nthe early buds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

spring arrives \u2013
\nnew snow bleaches
\nold snowbanks<\/p>\n

mid-March winds –
\na too-warm coat
\nsuddenly too thin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Spring arrives \u2013
\npeeps melting
\non the dashboard<\/p>\n

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\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/em> …<\/em>
\n\u201d last day of winter\u201d – Nisqually Delta Review<\/em> (Winter-Spring, 2006)
\n\u201d new snow bleaches\u201d – Haiku Harvest<\/em><\/a> (Spring\/Summer 2006)
\n\u201cmid-March winds\u201d – Clouds Peak<\/a><\/em> #1 (July 2006)
\n\u201cpeeps melting\u201d – Simply Haiku<\/em> (Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2005)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

first spring day
\nthe chatter
\nof the starbucks staff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

another spring
\na tumble of stuffed bears
\nin the divorcee\u2019s bed<\/p>\n

\"umbrella \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by pamela miller ness<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> —
\n\u201cfirst spring day\u201d – haiku sequence The Can Collector\u2019s Red Socks
\n\u201canother spring\u201d – Modern Haiku<\/em> (Autumn 2003)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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