Alaska Kiyose

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Alaska Kiyose

The following list has been kindly provided and will be updated by the Billie Wilson, who takes care of the Alaska Saijiki.
http://home.gci.net/~alaskahaiku/saijiki.html

If you find a word here, go to the link and read more about it, look at some great pictures about the nature in Alaska. If you write a haiku on an Alaska kigo, please send your contribution also to this database, if you find the time.



.. .. .. SPRING

first bear ... ... Snowdrops ... ... Iditarod dogsled race ... ... tulip shoots ... ... put boat in water after winter storage ... ... crocus appears ... ... first varied thrush ... ... first robin ... ... first skunk cabbage ... ... first hummingbird (roufous) ... ... avalanche warnings ... ... gulls return to Anchorage ... ... first Winnebago ... ... ice goes out on the Nenana River ... ... humpback whales return home from Hawaii ... ... first moose calf ... ... first mosquito ... ... Spring King Salmon Derby ... ... first cruise ship ... ... Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan) ... ... lupine blooms ... ... ground dogwood blooms (bunchberry) ... ... bunchberries after blooming ... ... forget-me-nots bloom (Alaska state flower)


.. .. .. SUMMER

halibut ready to catch ... ... coho (silver) salmon start to run ... ... Salmonberry ... ... watermelon berries ... ... magpies fledge ... ... Sitka roses bloom ... ... fireweed blooms ... ... fireweed goes to seed ... ... bore tide ... ... Golden North Salmon Derby ... ... combat fishing


.. .. .. AUTUMN

scent of high-bush cranberries ... ... termination dust ... ... first Frost (shimo, Japan) ... ... first magpie ... ... last cruise ship


.. .. .. WINTER

first Snow (yuki) ... ... first redpoll

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http://home.gci.net/~alaskahaiku/saijiki.html

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World Kigo Database : Chesapeake Bay Saijiki

World Kigo Database : Sonoran Saijiki

World Kigo Database : Kiyose for Northern America

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