Kiyose for Northern America

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Kiyose for Northern America

From
A Dictionary of Haiku by Jane Reichhold
The link to the original saijiki is...
http://www.ahapoetry.com/aadoh/adofinde.htm

Western Obvious Spring Kiyose
edit from: A Dictionary of Haiku by Jane Reichhold
Michael Baribeau
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworldkigo/message/200

SPRING

SPRING Occasions
April Fool
Easter bunny
Easter eggs
Easter
May Day
Memorial Day
wedding

SPRING Celestial
lingering cold
passing of spring
Vernal Equinox

SPRING Terrestrial
Flooding
melting snow
run-off

SPRING Livelihood
newly-weds
planting
plowing
snowmen melting
spring housecleaning
wedding

SPRING Animals
baby birds
baby rabbits
chicks
fawn
lambs
migrating birds' return
nest
spider - spring

SPRING Plants
budding birches
buds
cherry blossoms
cherry budding
first flowers
grass - new
new leaves
seedlings
young leaves

SUMMER
SUMMER Occasions
dog days
Fourth of July
school's out
Summer Solstice
vacation

SUMMER Celestial
coolness
drought
heat
heat shimmer
heat waves
hot day
long day
south wind
summer moon
wind - cool
wind - warm

SUMMER Terrestrial
beach
desert
dunes
riverbed
salt flats
surf
swamp

SUMMER Livelihood
bare feet
beachcomber
biking
boating
camping
fan, ceiling fan
forest fires
hiking
picnic
pool
sandals
straw hat
sun bathing
sunburn
surfers
sweat
summer illness
summer lovemaking
swimming
vacation
wicker chairs

SUMMER Animals
cicada
firefly
fledglings
grasshopper
hornets
lady bugs
lizard
mosquito
moth
nestlings

SUMMER Plants
cactus
dune grass
farewell-to-spring
poison ivy
sunflower
water lilies
watermelon

AUTUMN

AUTUMN Occasions
end of summer vacations
Halloween
pumpkin pie
pumpkins/jack o'lanterns
Thanksgiving
trick or treating

AUTUMN Celestial
beginning of autumn
close of autumn
eventide
equinox
Indian summer
moon - harvest
moon - hunters
shorter days

AUTUMN Terrestrial
harvested fields

AUTUMN Livelihood
canning
harvest
hunting
raking/burning leaves
scarecrow

AUTUMN Animals
deer
migrating fowl
squirrel
turkey

AUTUMN Plants
acorns
apples
bare bushes
bare trees
fallen leaves
golden leaves
pumpkins
tree leaves fall
willow leaves fall

WINTER

WINTER Occasions
celebrating the solstice
Christmas bazaar
Christmas bells
Christmas carols
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve
Christmas lights
Christmas play
Christmas shopping
Christmas tree
trimming the tree
white Christmas
Winter Solstice

WINTER Celestial
beginning of winter
day in winter
days - shorter
departing year
ice
night - the longest
snowflakes
snowing
snow - blowing
snow - melting
snow - new
snow - predicted
snow - viewing
sun in winter
winter

WINTER Terrestrial
frozen ground
glacier
ice
icicles
snow
snowbound

WINTER Livelihood
chores in winter
death in winter
farmers in winter
fishermen in winter
ice skating
making snowmen
skiing
sledding
snowbound
snow pictures
snow shoveling
winter clearance sales
winter illness

WINTER Animals
tracks in snow
winter fly

WINTER Plants
bracken - winter
ice plants
poinsettia
winter bushes

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Western Obvious Kiyose
Strickland Suppliment edited from Johnye Strickland
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworldkigo/message/201

SPRING

Spring Plants:
early/spring wildflowers
bridal wreath

Spring Animals:
calving (birth of domesticated farm animals)
rutting (mating of wild animals--e.g., deer)

SUMMER

Summer Plants:
ragweed (late July, August)
hay fever season (caused by ragweed/goldenrod)

Summer Celestial:
high humidity (esp. July, August)
drought (in non-rainy years)
huricanes

Summer Animals:
gnats
treefrogs
snakeskins (from shedding)
scorpions

Summer Events:
Farmers' markets
back yard barbecues
watering lawns
mowing/weeding

AUTUMN

Autumn Events:
bobbing for apples
wearing costumes
Harvest parties (festivals; formerly, hayrides)

WINTER

Winter Events:
Hannukah
Kwaanza
New Year's Eve/Day
carrolling (Christmas singers stroll through the streets and sing
carrols;
householders invite them in and give them refreshments)
making snow icecream
sledding (skiing in some parts, but alas, not usually in the South)
Influenza season

Edited by Michael Baribeau
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworldkigo/message/200


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