Written for the Haiku prompt for Awakening Insects for Mark and his team.
These micro-seasons observances are stellar. Thank you guys at SeasonWords and
Colleen at TankaTuesday, for making me a better observer.
These are so true of the changes I see; I think they are much more accurate in the
area where I live than Groundhog predictions 😆.
Emily Dickinson’s poem is one of my faves. If I had to choose just one stanza:
“Then as Horizons step
Or Noons report away
Without the Formula of sound
It passes and we stay —“
And that ending, divine:
“suddenly encroached
Upon a Sacrament.”
Haiku—I’m biased: Issa! Thanks, Mark and team.
At noon yesterday, days after the Vixen’s wedding day last week, in which we
had a sunny shower of rain, and then the light brushing of snow the day after
that, we got thunder. It rang so loud, that it awoke the moth behind the screen
—but I didn’t notice Moth until I got two separate birds trying to attack the poor
drowsy thing from behind the window screen.
So yes, the moths and insects are coming awake now. Wow!
And then emerged more moths from the umbrellas and the broom! Wowed me!
So very cool.
The 24 Solar Terms The 24 solar terms were created by farmers in ancient China (206 BCE and 24 CE) to help guide their agricultural activities. Each solar term is 15 days long and is based on the climate around the city Xi’an, which was the capital of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE to 220 CE). (1) Awakening of Insects Awakening of Insects is the third Solar Term of the year and the third Solar Term of Spring. Jingzhe (惊蛰) is the Chinese name for this season. Jingzhe (惊蛰) translates to “the weather is warming up with the first thundering in spring, awakening the insects hiding under the earth in hibernation.”(2) Impressive information come to me through Mark and team of SeasonWords Website THANK YOU, GUYS!
I took the featured photo at a Tea Room in Tokyo last Sunday–this week it dawn
on me that more moths would choose that spot as a great place to pass the
winter.
My haiku:
mid-day thunderstorm
the moth on the screen door stirs
more in the house broom 🧹
*
mid-day thunderstorm
the moths on my hut’s roof stir
wing dust everywhere
*
what’s that whizz
buzzing by my spinning head
a fat bumblebee!
© selma
This week I found a new website with a nudge to add
Whatsoever Is Lovely
(as if the above isn’t enough loveliness)
Please visit, Whatsoever is Lovely Website
I am wowed. So I wish to add the photos I snapped yesterday, Sunday.
in Japan,
taken on iPhone.
Thanks for this chance to jump in here, Xingfu Mama. I seem to
be late but I’ll return on time next time.
Thanks all, for reading today. Have a spectacular new week.
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Thank you Selma for a totally delightful share. Your explanation of the haiku from your daily experiences add an amazing freshness to your haikus!
Emily Dickinson is one of my favorites…she sure can pen them on the subject of nature and the season.
Basho is to me the mentor in the spirit of haiku.
Marvelous read. I enjoyed it. Thank you.
It’s my pleasure, dear Suzette. Thanks for reading, dearest.
I enjoyed your haiku series, Selma! 🐝
Ingrid. I forgot to say, happy Mother’s Day. Bless you. Xoxo
And to you, Selma! 🙏❤️
Aww. Thanks so much. Lovely of you to do that. 🤗
Hi Selma, lovely insect haikus. We’ve still got plenty buzzing about. And then there are all the spiderlings.
Spiderlings. How very nice.
Thanks for reading. Xoxo
Lovely set of poems.
Thanks. Glad you liked, Sadje. Xoxo
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Gorgeous photos, Selma 🙂 I am always amazed when the moths come out, and they are everywhere!
It’s something huge. They know. I love it all. Thanks for reading. Xoxo
I enjoy all your amazing poems.
Too sweet, D. I love all of yours too. Honest I do.
Thank you 💞
Beautiful photos, Selma! Your relationship with nature is so inspiring and tender. A pleasure to read you! 🌥️
You too. I get so much beauty from every visit Bless you my sweet.
Cherished! Thank you. 🌸
I love your photo of a Japanese tea room. I also love your haiku, especially the last two…such joyful surprises in the last line of “Mid-day thunderstorm” and “What’s that Whiz”? 🙂
Happy these were to your liking Maddie. Thanks so much
Lovely & delightful Haiku & poem very interesting post.
Thanks.
Great poems, Selma and amazing photos! 😍
Thanks for coming to read dear one. Blessings.
Delightful haiku, Selma, and your photos are gorgeous! xo
Thanks for saying, friend. Bless you
Hi Selma, What a wonderful collection of haiku and photographs. I really like the photo of the roof and then “mid-day thunderstorm”. Such a great post for today!
Happy you enjoyed the post. It’s my pleasure to share. Xoxo
What lovely haiku, and I especially liked the buzzing bumblebee haiku, Selma, as well as all of the photos.
~Nan
Thanks most dearly, Nan. Love knowing you read. 🙇🏽♀️
Hello Selma, I love you haiku poems they’re so beautiful 💓