Winter (fuyu)

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Winter (fuyu)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All Winter
***** Category: Season, plants, earth ...

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Explanation

The winter season in Japanese Haiku
is fixed according to the Asian lunar calendar from the beginning of winter at November seven until the fouth of February. In reality the winter in Central Japan lasts roughly from December to March.



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Haiku Winter Wonders by Gabi Greve
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/01/winter-wonders.html

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. beginning of winter, rittoo　立冬 　
..... according to the 24 seasons, on November 7.

24 Seasons (nijuu sekki 二十節季) according to the Asian Lunar Calendar



There are many kigo related to WINTER.

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the complete SAIJIKI


. WINTER
kigo LIST for category SEASON



. Names of the Japanese winter months and solar sections 　


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fuyu shoogun 冬将軍（ふゆしょうぐん） "general Winter"
„Väterchen Frost“
When the cold front from Siberia begins to reach Japan.

gentoo 厳冬（げんとう）very cold winter


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fuyuzare 冬ざれ (ふゆざれ) withering in winter
..... fuyu sare 冬され（ふゆされ）
fuyu zaruru 冬ざるる（ふゆざるる）
Plants begin to wither and dry out.


冬ざれや小鳥のあさる韮畠
fuyuzare ya kotori no asaru nirabatake

withering in winter . . .
little birds search food
in the leek fields

Yosa Buson 蕪村


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fuyu atataka 冬暖か (ふゆあたたか) winter is warm
fuyu nukushi 冬ぬくし（ふゆぬくし）
toodan 冬暖（とうだん） warm winter
dantoo 暖冬（だんとう）


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kigo for late winter

bantoo 晩冬 (ばんとう) "late winter"
..... kitoo 季冬（きとう）、katoo 下冬（かとう）
..... matsutoo, mattoo 末冬（まつとう）
According to the lunar calendar, this was a word for the twelfth month.
It was never used as often as the kigo for "late summer" or "late autumn".




fuyu fukashi 冬深し (ふゆふかし) winter deepnes
..... fuyu fukamu 冬深む（ふゆふかむ）
..... fuyu sabu 冬さぶ（ふゆさぶ）
mafuyu 真冬（まふゆ） "midwinter"
This is the coldest time of winter, when all are waiting eagerly for spring and yet have to endure the coldest part of winter still.



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earth kigo for all winter

fuyugeshiki 冬景色 (ふゆげしき) landscape in winter
..... fuyukei 冬景（とうけい）
..... fuyu no kei 冬の景（ふゆのけい）
fuyu no iro 冬の色（ふゆのいろ）the color of winter



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The Winter in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
This is the season that we feel something powerful of brancheswhose leaves were already fallen.Leaf buds continue to swell even during the sleeping time of trees. Flower buds begin swelling in the feeble sunshine.The twittering of winter birds resting their wings is conspicuously bustlingand resonant in the garden.The winter in Shinjuku Gyoen is going toward spring step by step.

Link with many flower pictures, names in Japanese and English.
http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/kanto/tokyo/shinjuku/4oa00l000000499s.html


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Winter in India has its own entry.


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Pages of winter haiku, although the word WINTER is not mentioned specially.
http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/wlhaiku/winterhaiku.html
http://www.zikaden.de/gedruckt/jamben/Winter-Haiku.html




A bitter morning:
sparrows sit together
without any necks

Winter Haiku by J.W.Hackett
http://hacketthaiku.com/haiku2005winter.html



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Keyaki wood from Amagi, Ise peninsula, is especially famous for the beauty of its grain and patterns.

天城のケヤキ


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winter solitude
in a world of one color
the sound of wind

Matsuo Basho

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winter cat
out wants in
in wants out

winter haiku writers
debate their work
the mouse cleans his whiskers


More haiku about winter are here:
http://www.oldgreypoet.com/haiku/winterhaiku.html

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cold winter night -
the way to the outhouse
sooooo far


.. .. .. Look at the cold night here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/02/outhouse-joy.html

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round and round
in endless circles <>
winter sun

.. .. .. Look at some natural Mandala here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/08/mandala.html

Gabi Greve

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winter sunrise
in the style of Degas--
misty bands of pastel

Ed Schwellenbach
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/21204

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Wintry day
doors of the gipsy vans
all closed

Angelika Wienert, WHCgerman (AW, Dec. 2004)

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lacy winter trees
children walking hand-in-hand
tiny snow printing

crystal blue winter
checkerboard pattern blankets
my apple orchard

Judith A.Lindberg
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/januarypoetry2.html

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winter dawn -
the forest chorus
begins with a squirrel

Cindy Zackowitz

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snowing winter ...
even the concealed green shivers
inside leafless branches

Raju Samal, India


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late winter---
a chicken pecks
at its shadow

Robert Wilson


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long meeting
on a winter's day
... empty bird's nest

Ella Wagemakers, 2010
Kigo Hotline


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"Winter landscape" by Sesshu
Tokyo National Museum

Click on the Photo to read the details.


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Spring (haru, Japan)
Summer (natsu, Japan)
Autumn (aki, Japan)

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***** Winter fields, fields in winter,
fuyuta　冬田

Withered fields, kareta　枯れ田, on the other hand, is a
kigo for late autumn.

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***** Winter trees fuyugi 冬木 ふゆき trees in winter
all winter
fuyuki kage 冬木影（ふゆきかげ）shadow of winter trees
fuyuki michi 、冬木道（ふゆきみち）road with winter trees
fuyuki yado 冬木宿（ふゆきやど）lodge with winter trees
fuyukinaka 冬木中（ふゆきなか）in the winter trees
fuyukibara 冬木原（ふゆきばら） fields and winter trees
fuyukodachi 冬木立 (ふゆこだち)grove of winter trees

kanrin 寒林 (かんりん) forest in the cold
kanboku 寒木（かんぼく） trees in the cold


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***** Winter withering, nature withered in winter,
fuyugare　冬枯れ
all winter
..... withered trees, kareki, koboku 枯木
"naked trees", hadakagi 裸木
bare branches, kare eda 枯枝
road lined with bare trees, kareki michi 枯木道
grove of withered trees, fuyukodachi 冬木立
withering in the cold, karuru 枯るる
lodge and withered trees, kareki yado 枯木宿（かれきやど）
stars and withered trees, kareki boshi 枯木星（かれきぼし）


. shimogare 霜枯 (しもがれ) withering in the frost



source :　ttetsuo_2005

attributed to Matsuo Basho

冬枯れや 世は一色に 風の音
冬枯や世ハ一色能風の於登
fuyugare ya yo wa hito iro ni kaze no oto
fuyugare ya yo wa isshoku ni kaze no oto

Winter solitude —
In a world of one color
the sound of wind.
Tr. Robert Hass

With comment y Robert Hass:
source : www.ashokkarra.com

The Japanese is not "winter solitude" but "withering in winter" of plants.


a desolate winter:
in a one-colored world
wind resounds
Tr. Toshimi Horiuchi


winter faintness -
wind resounds through
a one-color world
Tr. yorukamome



désolation hivernale
dans le monde monochrome
le bruit du vent
Tr. nekojita



all the withered plants -
the sound of wind
in a world of one color
Tr. Gabi Greve

(I use the normal English word order, Japanese has the "sound of wind" in line 3.)



. - Matsuo Basho - The Sound of Wind - .


. WKD : Winter seclusion (fuyugomori 冬篭り) .
winter confinement, winter isolation, wintering - of human beings

- - - - - BTW, Chris Drakes reminds us:
I think this interesting hokku has not been recognized by Basho scholars as authentic, although there are several stones with the hokku carved on it standing here and there. The hokku first appeared in 1787, long after Basho's death, in a collection called Moto no Mizu (もとの水), but modern scholars doubt that about 90% of the hokku in that collection are actually by Basho.
There were many hokku forgeries that claimed to be by the famous Basho floating around in the late Edo period. The fuyugare hokku is interesting, but it is not included in any standard modern editions of Basho's hokku. I think it's best to list this hokku as "attributed to Basho." Actually, I doubt that there's much chance of it actually being by Basho. It would be interesting to know who actually wrote it, since it's a nice hokku.

. - Moto no Mizu もとの水 - 句集 - Hokku Collection - .

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nanoki karu 名の木枯る (なのきかる)
"trees with a name are withering
sakura karu 桜枯る（さくらかる）withering cherry tree
ichoo karu 銀杏枯る（いちょうかる）withering gingko tree
kunugi karu 櫟枯る（くぬぎかる）yew-tree withering
enoki karu 榎枯る（えのきかる）Chinese hackberry withering
budoo karu 葡萄枯る（ぶどうかる）grape plants withering

. keyaki karu 欅枯る（けやきかる）withering zelkova tree .

karekuwa, kare kuwa 枯桑 (かれくわ) withering mulberry tree
..... kuwa karu 桑枯る（くわかる）

kareyanagi, kare yanagi 枯柳 (かれやなぎ) willows withering
..... yanagi karu 柳枯る（やなぎかる）
fuyu yanagi 冬柳（ふゆやなぎ）willow in winter
..... fuyu no yanagi 冬の柳（ふゆのやなぎ）

kare ibara 枯茨 (かれいばら) withered wild roses
..... ibara karu 茨枯る（いばらかる）

karetsuta 枯蔦 (かれつた) withering ivy, wild wine withering
..... tsuta karu 蔦枯る（つたかる）

karezuru 枯蔓 かれづる wines withering
..... tsuri karu 蔓枯るる（つるかるる）
..... karekazura 枯かずら（かれかずら）

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***** Cold Spell, Cold wave (kanpa, kampa 寒波)
kigo for all winter


***** Cold (samusa, samushi, kan 寒さ、寒し、寒)
kigo for all winter

cold cold cold
ZEN ZEN ZEN
cold cold cold

remember, zenzen in Japanese can mean : not at all

Read my story about a COLD Zen-Temple, Eihei-Ji.
Gabi Greve
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/02/eihei-ji-temple.html



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Warm Things to keep you warm in Winter in Japan
A KIGO list.
.....Including furniture, clothing and food.



***** Cold weather in autumn, winter and spring
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***** "Out-of-season blooming"
(kaeri-zaku, kaerizaku 帰り咲)

　帰り咲分別もない垣ね哉
kaeri-zaku funbetsu mo nai kakine kana

lacking discretion
out-of-season flowers
on the fence

Issa, Tr. David Lanoue


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Check the WKD LIST of
. HUMANITY and Winter Kigo
work done in winter

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Windstorm

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Windstorm

***** Location: Hawaii
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Heavens

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Explanation

Rain and windstorms are more frequent during Hawaii's winter months, but they generally clear up within 24 hours.

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mamas
puttin the hammer down
watch yr nails

top o the mountain
flying things....
plastic in the trees

wind gusts...
the poet tree
dances

holding on...
center
of the storm

Shanna Moore, March 2006

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***** Wind in various kigo


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Walpurgis Night

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Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht, Germany)

***** Location: Germany, Brocken Mountain
***** Season: Late Spring, May 1
***** Category: Observance

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Brocken Mountain

May 1 marks the final victory of Spring over Winter, but before departing, the witches and their cohorts have one last fling. The night from April 30 to May 1 is called "Walpurgisnacht", the night of Walpurgis or Walpurga. The festival is marked by numerous rituals to ward off evil. Legend has it that on Walpurgisnacht the witches would gather on the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains. Because of the Walpurgisnacht scene in Goethe's Faust, in which Mephistopheles takes Faust to the Brocken and has him revel with the witches, the witches gathering became widely known.

The festival is marked by numerous rituals to ward off evil. On the eve of May 1st the bells toll in Luxembourg and many prayers are said, there are blessings with holy-water and blessed-palms in the homes and barns. In Schmalkalden in Thueringen the little girls, dressed as Hexen themselves, chase out the Walpermännchen. They wear paper hats and sometimes carry sticks in their hands. Similarly, in the south Harz region, the young boys ride stick-horses and chase the Hexen out of the fields. The most widespread remedy against evil spirits during Walpurgisnacht is noise. The boys begin making noise as soon as the sun sets.

In Bohemia boards are beaten onto the ground in front of the houses, accompanied by this chant: "Hex geh raus, 's brennt dei Haus." Whoever hears a pistol shot on that evening is supposed to say, "Schiess mei Hex a mit!" In Lippe the noise is referred to as "Maiklappen." A lot of noise is especially made in front of the houses of married couples who are childless, because it is believed that it is necessary to "further the blessings."

In the Berner Jura the shephard boys, on the eve of May 1, stand atop the manure-piles and crack whips in order to drive away wolves. The wolf is the incarnation of evil, and symbolizes the departure of winter. The manure-pile symbolizes fertility of the fields and gardens, and therefore is often the locale where prayers are said. Farmers who don't have as many cattle help each other out in the summer. They make a pledge-group, which takes this form in Donaueschingen: they go to a nearby chapel and pray, then they climb together onto a manure-pile, hold hands, and say "Mir (=wir) gmaren miteinand," which means "we are helping each other to bring home hay and grain with our cattle." [i.e. they are sharing each other's manure-piles, which is sprayed onto the fields as fertilizer].
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/walpurgi.htm

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The name derives from St. Walburga
Born in Devonshire, about 710; died at Heidenheim, 25 Feb., 777. She is the patroness of Eichstadt, Oudenarde, Furnes, Antwerp, Gronigen, Weilburg, and Zutphen, and is invoked as special patroness against hydrophobia, and in storms, and also by sailors. She was the daughter of St. Richard, one of the under-kings of the West Saxons, and of Winna, sister of St. Boniface, Apostle of Germany, and had two brothers, St. Willibald and St. Winibald. St. Richard, when starting with his two sons on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, entrusted Walburga, then eleven years old, to the abbess of Wimborne.

Read more about her here:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15526b.htm


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Link in German, with more LINKS to related pages.
http://www.harzlife.de/index.html?event/walpurgis.html

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Der Brocken ist ein sagenumwobener Berg. Auf ihm sollen sich seit alters her die Hexen treffen, um in der Walpurgisnacht mit dem Teufel zu tanzen. Aber erst gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wurden hier die ersten Hexenfeste abgehalten.


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The full text in German of Goethe’s famous poem:
http://www.internetschriftsteller.de/autoren-forum-02/schriftsteller/goethe/walpurgisnacht.html


Myths about the Walpurgis Night (German)
Quote:
Die Skepsis gegenüber der Walpurgisnacht-These änderte sich erst ab dem Jahre 1800, als Johann Wolfgang von Goethe den ersten Teil seines „Faust“ veröffentlichte. Goethes Schilderung des Hexensabbat in der Walpurgisnacht basierte auf dem Buch von Praetorius, dessen Eingrenzung der angeblichen Hexentänze auf die Nacht zum 1. Mai durch die Aufnahme in das deutsche Nationalepos nunmehr sakrosankt wurde.

Die Hexen zu dem Brocken ziehn,
Die Stoppel ist gelb, die Saat ist grün.
Dort sammelt sich der große Hauf,
Herr Urian sitzt oben auf.
So geht es über Stein und Stock,
Es farzt die Hexe, es stinkt der Bock.

Goethe
http://members.aol.com/tombeee/hexverf/walpurgis.html

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Brocken Phenomenon, Brocken spectre
ブロッケン現象, burokken genshoo
topic for haiku



A glory is an optical phenomenon produced by light backscattered (a combination of diffraction, reflection and refraction) towards its source by a cloud of uniformly-sized water droplets. A glory has multiple colored rings.

Glories are often seen in association with a Brocken spectre, the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast, when the Sun is low, upon the upper surfaces of clouds that are below the mountain upon which he stands. The name derives from the Brocken, the tallest peak of the Harz mountain range in Germany. Because the peak is above the cloud level, and the area is frequently misty, the condition of a shadow cast onto a cloud layer is relatively favored.

The appearance of giant shadows that seemed to move by themselves due to the movement of the cloud layer (this movement is another part of the definition of the Brocken Spectre), and which were surrounded by optical glory halos, may have contributed to the reputation the Harz mountains hold as a refuge for witches and evil spirits. In Goethe's Faust, the Brocken is called the Blocksberg and is the site of the Witches' Sabbath on Walpurgis Night.

© More in the WIKIPEDIA !



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durch den Wald
ein Weg ohne Ende –
Walpurgisnacht !

through the forest
a walk without end -
Walpurgis Night !

Gabi Greve
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/187

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Walpurgisnacht

Liebesgeschwuere.
Techtelmechtel ausfechtend
fuehlt fuer mich der Tod.

Swearing sveltering love.
Fighting back and forth
Feels like death for me.

(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Patjomkin
http://www.dulzinea.de/forum/haiku-fruehling-winter/t1902-walpurgisnacht-mai.html

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Walpurgisnacht laesst
wild im Licht des Feuerscheins
die Hexen tanzen.

Walpurgis night -
In the light of a bonfire
Witches dancing wildly

(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Medusa
http://www.dulzinea.de/forum/haiku-lichtungen/t3517-walpurgisnacht.html

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***** Walpurgis Fire, Walpurgis Bonfire
During the whole night, people are dancing around the bonfire, celebrating with the witches !

Walpurgisfeuer.
Um die lodernden Flammen
tanzen Technofreaks.

Walpurgis bonfire.
Around the blazing flames
Techno-freaks dancing.

Udo Wenzel
http://www.haiku-heute.de/Tafel/Tafel-002/tafel-002.html


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WKD : May Day in England

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October 2006

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..................................................................... October 2006

Marathon Kenya, worldwide.
..... Including Olympics, Olympic Games. Special Olympics, Paralympics.

Umewaka Memorial Day (Umewaka Ki) and Temple Mokubo-JiJapan

Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide

Mother Goddess in all cultures

Day of the African Child (16 June)　Kenya, Africa, worldwide

Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan

Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan

Chestnut (kuri) Japan

Walnut (kurumi) Japan

Hickory nuts Carya Fruits

Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory　India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities

Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.

Moss (koke) Japan

Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri) Japan. First day of the horse, hatsu uma

Fox (kitsune) Japan

Sierra Nevada North America

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Vog (Hawaii)

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Vog (Volcanic Smog)

***** Location: Big Island, Hawaii
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Earth / Heaven

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I live in Hawaii and we realy have no seasons; i cannot write about fog and have another kigo?????

but then again we have no fog, we have * vog * which is adding volcanoe emissions to it... now it has earth, fetch , from the oceanwind, and fire.

the only season we have here is coffee season.. coffee flower season is spring and coffee cherry season is winter... even school gets out early for coffee picking time... there are three rounds of coffee and then the first rain the coffee blooms..

could then first rain be a kigo.. and now with the vog the coffee pickingtime varies and gos on until school is out

Shanna Moore

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Only in Hawaii can you experience vog. Vog is an atmospheric effect caused by emissions of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii.

When sulfur dioxide gas is released, it reacts chemically with sunlight, oxygen, dust particles, and water in the air to form a mixture of sulfate aerosols, sulfuric acid and other oxidized sulfur species.

Together, this gas and aerosol mixture produces a hazy atmospheric condition known as volcanic smog or vog.

While for most residents, vog is merely an inconvenience, it can affect people with chronic diseases such as emphysema and asthma, although everyone reacts differently. Potential visitors to the Big Island who suffer from these problems should consult with their doctors before their visit.



http://gohawaii.about.com/cs/weather/a/hawaii_weather_2.htm

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VOG, some links

http://vognet.hpa.edu/

Madame Pele is the Hawaiian Volcano and Fire Goddess

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India

. smog, black smog - kaala dhua or dhua .


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Sakuo Nakamura answering to Shanna:

I suppose that Hawaii is nice place without snow, and a paradise, it is spring through all the year.
There is no change of season. Then there is no kigo.

What is a kigo? I think it is time passing by , from present to future. That means life is losing the balance, moving on toward death. So a kigo attracts people’s mind and the a poem will be born.

In Hawaii, there is no season, there is time changing, there is no kigo, there is no poem???

I don’t think so. In Hawaii, does time stop? Does the vog stay at the same place all day long ?
No, the vog always flows from place to place, from time to time.
Time is moving on in Hawaii the same as all over the world.
So people’s mind is moving always, creating poems.

vog from last night
can’t be found
only summer clouds

夜のガス 見えずに夏の 雲ばかり

yoru no gasu miezu ni natsu no kumo bakari

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vog is like a haiku made up from air sunshine volcanoe and sea salt... it makes the coffee bloom longer and bigger it nourishes growing things like the volcanic soil ..

vog disapears
with the tradewinds
another shore

Shanna Moore

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madam pele...
her second hand smoke
creates an atmoshere

Shanna Moore, April 2006

madam pele...
second hand smoke
creates vog

Shanna Moore

ペレ母さん 煙草の息が 煙害に
Pele kaasan tabako no iki ga engai ni

(Tr. Nakamura Sakuo)


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***** Madame Pele
Non-seasonal Topic for Haiku

The Halemaumau Crater of the Kilauea Volcano is the present home of Madame Pele. Madame Pele is the Hawaiian volcano and fire goddess. Whether or not you see hot fiery explosions and liquidity molten lava on your Hawaii volcano helicopter tour is strictly up to the temperament of Madame Pele.
The story of Madame Pele goes back to centuries-old chants and oral traditions of the Hawaiian people, describing the volcanic explosions and the lava of flows that formed today's Hawaiian Islands.
http://www.hawaiivolcanohelicoptertour.com/Madame-Pele.html

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this lady
that dances with fire
my muse
a goddess of the night
singing the blues

Shanna Moore, 2006

火と踊る 夜の女神や 哀愁歌
hito odoru yoru no megami ya aishuu-ka

(Tr. Nakamura Sakuo)


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. Volcano and Volcanic Ash (kazan, kazanbai) 　


***** Fog, Mist, Haze and more


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Valentine's Day

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Valentine's Day

***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: Spring, Dry Season in Tropics
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

The History of Saint Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.

The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.

Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off.

He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honor of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.

The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavored to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feast. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.

http://www.pictureframes.co.uk/pages/saint_valentine.htm
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv06.htm

More about St. Valentine

http://www.lonekeep.com/lki_home/Valentine.htm


St. Valentine's Day in English Literature
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15254a.htm

Motives connected with St. Valentine
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv06.htm


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Worldwide use

England

Hundreds of years ago in England, many children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day. They went singing from home to home. One verse they sang was:

Good morning to you, valentine;
Curl your locks as I do mine---
Two before and three behind.
Good morning to you, valentine.

In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.

Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.

Pick a dandelion that has gone to seed. Take a deep breath and blow the seeds into the wind. Count the seeds that remain on the stem. That is the number of children you will have.
http://www.pictureframes.co.uk/pages/saint_valentine.htm

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France (or rather Japan :o)

The Mona Lisa
A copy of a painting - The Mona Lisa (77cm x 53cm) displayed at a counter of Japan's Mary Chocolate in a department store in Tokyo, 14 February 2003. The Japanese chocolate shop displays its version of the world famous Mona Lisa painting, made from 20 kilograms of chocolate at a department store in Tokyo. Women give chocolates to their boyfriends, husbands and male colleagues on Valentine's Day in Japan.

The fan in her hand shows the kanji for "Matsuri" Festival, and she wears a Japanese Happi Coat for Festivals.
http://www.tokyotimes.org/archives/2004/01/a_sugary_smile_1.html


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Japan

Barentain Dii バレンタインデー Valentine Day
.... barentain no hi バレンタインの日 (ばれんたいんのひ)


You know that Japanese St.Valentin's Day is very different from the original one now.
Because ofthe efforts and advertising tactics of the chocolate companies, the custom of St. Valentine's Day was accepted widely in Japan, and having passed though the Japanese groupism, it transformed strangely. Nowadays in many offices, every woman employee cooperates in paying money and the representative buys chocolates and puts them on the desks of each man employee on the morning of St.Valentine's Day.

Women in the office feel that the man who doesn't get a chocolate is pitiful. On the other hand, if they gave chocolate to a few men whom they liked, the jealousy and bad feeling of the others would be troublesome for them. So they selected the safest and useless way as an obligation. In Japanese groupism, sameness is important. At first, a chocolate had a meaning of love or goodwill to the man or the boy. And then, the meaning of friendship or play was added and recently even the meaning of duty (giri-choko) was added.
Miserable metamorphosis !
http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~kosa/rie/small/barentain.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-2-2004_pg9_2


February 2005
A Volkswagen car covered with white chocolate of strawberry flavor, using 150 liters of chocolate. Children put on more candies and cookies.

Here is a picture from the Volkswagen in 2004:

Japanese patissiers decorate a chocolate covered Volkswagen’s New Beetle vehicle with colourful chocolate, cookies and bread at a shopping mall in Tokyo, one week before St Valentine’s Day. —AFP
Chocolate-Coated Volkswagen Displayed For Valentine's Day In Tokyo


. Christian Celebrations in Japanese Kigo 　　

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Kenya

Despite the little knowledge about its origin, the majority of Kenyans, especially the urban folks, believe Valentine is the celebration of love. The colour red is the predominant mark for this day, and it is exhibited in flowers and clothes.

In Nairobi, St. Valentine's Day is highly commercialised. Flower, clothes, shoe and
other accessory vendors and supermarkets, as well as hawkers, capitalise on this occasion and stock red coloured Valentine's items at strategic points to attract customer attention. Since red roses are expensive and in short supply, traders substitute them with plastic ones. Husbands and wives buy each other gifts and flowers and they dress in red; so do lovers. Couples go out to exclusive joints to
spent a romantic moment together. Restaurants, hotels, pubs and resorts are decorated in red and special entertainments and menus are prepared to match their clients' needs.

The best climax about St Valentine's Day however is the renewal of love vows and re-affirming love and faithfulness to each other in our relationships.

~ Patrick Wafula


. St Valentine's Day


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Things found on the way



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HAIKU

saint Valentine'd day
the Saturday morning sun
warms my face
2004

near Valentine's day
a crimson petunia
opens
2003

Saint Valentine's Day--
more broken hearts than roses
if the war
2003

appears at the Anti-War Haiku Wall
http://www.tempslibres.org/awhw/haiga/hgacdr.html
http://www.tempslibres.org/awhw/home.html



red
catches the eye
St Valentine's day
2001

also appearing at PatchWork Haiku Page
http://mongst.8k.com/custom2.html


by gillena cox
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/ecards/makecard.php?card=2171

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Another way to celebrate Valentine

sipping champagne
enjoying the tiny sounds
of living alone

susan delphine delaney plano, texas
appeared in bottlerockets and, later, the red moon anthology

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Valentine's Day —
The couple counseling
postponed again.
Asahi Haikuist Network, February 20, 2009

An Sankt Valentin
der Paarbeartungstermin
nochmals verschoben

Beate Conrad


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Global Haiku Tradition Kukai 2 (February 14, 2001)
Millikin University, Spring 2001

Grade school Valentine--
Should I give him
Garfield or Scooby Doo

Amanda Young
Many more are here
http://www.millikin.edu/haiku/courses/globalspring2001/valentinesdaykukai.html

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Valentine's Day Contemporary Haiku

valentine's day
in the vase
a dead rose

bridgetjanejones

And many more are here
http://www.forums.fantasticpoems.com/t4127.html

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Some fun poems about relationships on a Valentine competition.

Take some small issues,
bake for two months at high heat.
Relationship’s done!

-- Daniel Westreich
http://www.breakupgirl.net/special/vday/haiku.html


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Valentine's Day 2010 ... Love Day
co-incided with the beginning of the Chinese New Year


Chinese New Year...
the growl of the Tiger
on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day
in the flower market...
bundles of roses

Chinese New Year...
a lady in red awaits
her blind date

New Year's Day...
a toddler takes a step
after a fumble

Year of the Tiger...
if only I could wear
a red terno

Love Day...
red shirt for New Year
and for my date too

Cupid's way...
I mark with rose petals
where my heart resides

Heart Day...
the sun casts intensely
on faceless partners

Willie Bongcaron, Manila 2010


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Valentine 2010 in Kenya

Valentine--
a little girl undusts her
fallen flowers

valentine--
red decorations on the pears
vendors wheelbarrow

valentine--
a hawker sells plastic roses
at the local market

valentine morning--
youthles church for the
morning service

red dressed--
she slips over a rotten mango
at the market

hussein haji

Kenya Saijiki Forum



. valetine day 2010
from the Peacocks in Kenya


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mid-february
the only rain here
is love


kenneth daniels (Guyana)


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. . . . . The Year 2001


Valentine's Day
she finds out where he hid
Playboys

Valentine's Day
bamboo shoots emerge
from the ground

Valentine's Night
he curls up
in bed

Valentine’s night
eating chocolate hearts
from my e-lover

Chen-ou Liu
Canada

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break up
at Valentine's Day -
headless gummi bears

Heike Gewi
Yemen


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Valentine's Day
a dozen red roses spells:
"I love you"

Valentine's Day
missing the tender kiss
when I wake up

Valentine's Day
roses and kisses and hugs...
and endearments

Willie Bongcaron
Philippines


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Valentine's day-
he sends her sms
of love

Sunil Uniyal, India


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Valentine's Day
we fall in love again
over B&W movies


Valentine’s Day
my wife reads up
on Henry VIII

Alan Summers
England


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Soweto market--
new red stalls mushroom
the roadsides


MORE Valentine Haiku from Kenya by
. Patrick Wafula

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SPECIAL

. Valentine's Day - 2012 .

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to Basho
Issa and Shiki . . .
valentines

Elaine Andre, 2013

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***** Bonifacio Day Philippines



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Keywords, non-seasonal haiku topics, all year topics, all season topics,
no season muki 無期 ...


..................................................................... September 2006

..... Zinnia (hyakunichisoo) Japan

..... World Days and Weeks a growing collection
.. .. World Deaf Day, World Mother-in-Law's Day and many more

..... Harvest and its various kigo 　

Sage, Salbei, Salvia splendens et al. (sarubeea, seeji) Japan

Weeds (zassoo) worldwide !

Wild Chrysanthemum (nogiku) Japan

Zinnia (hyakunichisoo) Japan

Toad Lily (hototogisu) Japan

Peace (Swahili : Amani) Kenya

Begonia (shuukaidoo, shukaido) Japan

Candle (roosoku) Japan. With a discussion about translating Japanese haiku.

Heart Pond (kokoro no ike) 　 Japan

Maize : Green Maize, Corn on the Cob 　 Kenya

Rain Gutters Cleaning 　North America

Ladakh : Haiku and Kigo 　

Kamehameha Day 　Hawaii

Hula Dance and the Goddess Laka 　Hawaii

Long day, short day, long night, short night 　Japan. nagaki hi, tanjitsu, nagaki yo, mijika yo

Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) India Peepul or Bo tree
..... figs (ichijiku) Japan

Oranges, mandarin oranges, tangerines 　Kenya. mikan (Japan)

Santoka and Sake Haiku 　

Matsuyama and Masaoka Shiki 　

Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets

Winter drizzle, sleet (shigure) 　 Japan. With many more related kigo.

World Peace Day International Day of Peace. Ahimsa. India, worldwide

World Music Day India, worldwide

Teacher's Day, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Day India

Summer Purification Ceremony (nagoshi, natsu no harae) Japan
..... including many related Japanese kigo

Coolness (suzushi) Japan. cool breeze (ryoofuu) and more about the Tea Ceremony
..... including "coolness in autumn"

Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People Kenya

Mud (Swahili : matope) Kenya
..... including: Brickmaking, Dry mud, Bukusu Initiation (Circumcision) in Kenya
..... Spring Mud, haru no doro, shundei in Japan

Figs (Ficus carica) 　 Turkey. Ichijiku, toogaki, hororoishi in Japan.

Ramadan, Berat Kandil (Leylatul Berat, Laylatul Barat) 　 Turkey　　　

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, Gandhi Jayanthi Day India

Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori) Japan. Also "flower haze", cherry blossom haze (hanagumori) and "herring haze" (nishingumori).
..... Birds and Clouds .. kumo ni tori .. 雲に鳥

Voices of Animals From Russia

Spring Equinox, vernal equinox (haru higan) Japan


..................................................................... August 2006

Holy Innocents Celebration Christian Catholic Communities

Deer (shika) 　 Japan

Tagore Memorial Day 　 　Rabindranath Tagore, India, August 17

Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi) Japan
..... Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics.

Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, shuuni-e, hahamatsuri, hana midoo 　 Japan
　　　
Soap bubbles (shabondama) 　 Japan

Honey Spas, Apple Spas, Linen Spas Russia . Honey Saviour.

Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)

Wasabi, Japanese horseradish Japan

Monkey, Hanuman India. saru (Japan)

Peace and War (heiwa to sensoo) Worldwide


..................................................................... July 2006

Grave marker (sotoba) Japan

Voice of an Animal (xx no koe) Japan. Various examples and translation possibilities.

Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more

Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa) Kenya

"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics Japan

..... Child, Children (kodomo) Read Haiku about Children and from Chilren. A new Forum of the World Kigo Database!

"Goats and Goat Meat Kenya

Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya

Maize (toomorokoshi, tookibi), Corn (koon), Millet (kibi) Japan Kenya

Wading Pool, Spray Park Canada

First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan

Morning-Glory (asagao) Japan ..... Bindweed (hirugao). Evening Face (yorugao)

Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan

TempleIndia

Temple, Buddhist Temple(tera) Japan

Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja) Japan

Bell, Temple Bell (kane, tsurigane, waniguchi, dootaku) Japan
..... Bell, Temple Bell in India

Withering Wind, Cold Gale (kogarashi) Japan

Grackle Bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) Oklahoma, USA Great-tailed grackle, boat-tail grackle

Wimbledon Tennis Tournament ... collecting


..................................................................... June 2006

Fly-swatter (haetataki) Japan

Cool dry season 　Kenya, tropical areas
　　　　　　　　　
Desires, worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan

Wisteria Cutting Ceremony (Fuji Kiri Eshiki)Japan Yamanashi Prefecture

Dew, Dewdrop (tsuyu, ro) Japan Worldwide

Mortality (shi ni yuku) Japan Worldwide

Soccer, Football. Europe
..... Including other Winter Sport Kigo, such as Rugby, American Football, Bob Sley, Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey

Loincloth (fundoshi) Japan

Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide

Seaweed (kaisoo) Japan
..... including laver (nori), kelp (wakame), duckweed (mo) and agar agar (tengusa)

Summer sash (natsu obi, natsuobi) Japan

Dead body, deceased person (hotoke) Japan

Butterfly in Winter(fuyu no choo) Japan
..... frozen/freezing butterfly (itechoo)

Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato) Japan dove whistling (hatobue)

Mountain, peak, hill (yama, gake, oka) Japan

Sunset (yuuhi) Japan

Sound of Water (mizu no oto) Japan Translation problems and more

Oysters (kaki) Japan
..... Including Pearls (shinju) and mother-of-pearl

Sponge gourd, loofah, luffa (hechima, ito-uri) Japan
..... Including the Memorial day for Masaoka Shiki, Hechima-Ki

Stepping on a Christian image (fumi-e, ebumi) Japan

Ginkoo in Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya)

Horse (uma) Japan
..... Including various kigo such as plough horse, foal,cooling horses, fatten a horse, horse market, autumn colt, autumn pony, horses standing in the cold.

Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany

..................................................................... May 2006

Sliding paper doors (fusuma), Japan

Secret Buddha Statues (hibutsu) Japan. Including showing them (kaichoo), substitute statues (maedachi, kakebotoke)

Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam). India

Rain on Cherry Blossoms (hana no ame) Japan

Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan Buddhist Communities

..... Dance, a haiku topic Japan

Dance in India

The color GREEN in Haiku (midori, ao) Japan

The color GREY (GRAY)in Haiku (hyaku nezumi, hai iro) Japan

The color WHITE in Haiku (shiroi, haku) Japan

..... ..... World Kigo Database : Canada Saijiki

World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag)Italy, Germany, worldwide

Sand (suna)Japan, Worldwide. On the Beach, in the Desert ... Yellow Sand (koosa)

Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer)Germany. Including the Iron Curtain, Eiserner Vorhang.

Elephant (zoo)Africa, India, in the Zoo

Rainbow (niji)Japan

River (kawa) Japan

Bridge (hashi) Japan

Embankment, dike (dote) Japan, worldwide

Mu, Shunyata : void, nothingness Japan

Mother (o-fukuro) Japan

New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea, lucky tea (fukucha) Japan

Hat, Straw hat, hood ...(kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas

Crab (kani) Japan. Chesapeake Bay.
..... Including King Crab (tarabagani), Queen Crab (zuwaigani), swamp crab (zawagani) and many more.

Window (mado) Japan

Stone Lantern (ishidooroo) Japan

Chesapeake Saijiki - SPRING USA


..................................................................... April 2006

Water Strider, water boatman, water spider, water horse (amenbo 水馬) Japan
..... also whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄

Grave (haka) Japan

Cloud (kumo) Japan

LIST of Non-seasonal Haiku Topics

Target (mato) Japan. Bull's Eye
..... Including Bow, Arrow, Archery.
..... First Arrow, First Archery Competition. Archery on horseback (yabusame).

Earth Day Worldwide

Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan
..... Including Marigold (kujakusoo), fruit flies (kujakubae) and the peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)

Pheasant (kiji) Japan

..... ..... Chesapeake Bay Saijiki, USA

Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji

God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan

Mourning Kenya, worldwide

Patrick Wafula, Kenya

LORNA Haiku Club, Kenya

OAKS Haiku Club, Kenya

PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya

SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya

Long Rains (Kenya)

Lent (Europe)

Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)

... ... SPICES from India

Sesame (til, tila, gingili) India goma, goma no hana (Japan)

Light Charcoal Cherry Blossoms, Usuzumizakura 薄墨桜　Japan

Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets


..................................................................... March 2006

Weasel (itachi) Japan

Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India

Tukaram Celebrations India

Dragon, a non-seasonal topic of Eastern Art

Eagle(washi) Japan
..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori
Water birds (mizudori　水鳥) ; Hawk (taka　鷹), Winter wild goose (fuyu no kari　冬の雁) , Winter skylark (fuyu hibari　冬雲雀), Midwinter sparrow (kan suzume　寒雀) , Midwinter crow (kan garasu　寒烏) Owl (fukuroo　梟) , Duck (kamo　鴨), Plover (Chidori　千鳥) , Hooded gull (miyakodori, yurikamome　ユリカモメ), Winter gull (fuyu kamome　冬鴎), Wren (misosazai　ミソサザイ), Crane (tsuru　鶴)
Swan (hakuchou　白鳥) , Grebe (Kaitsuburi　カイツブリ)

Butterbur sprouts (fuki no too) and butterbur (fuki) (Japan)

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Europa Butterbur Dandelion, fuki tanpopo (Japan)

Grape Hyacinth, Europa muscari, Lampenputzer

Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan

Kite flying, India and Pakistan

Haiku in Bhutan INDIA SAIJIKI

Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa

Spring light, spring shining (shunkoo) Japan
..... wind shining (kaze hikaru) Japan

Veronica, field speedwell, Europa inufuguri (Japan)

Girl Scout Cookies USA

Bahati Haiku Club Meeting, March 2006 Kenya

Bahati Haiku Club Records since January 2006 Kenya

Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆

Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
..... including Coming of Age and Fire Rituals, Sagichoo 左義長

O-Mizutori, Omizutori Ceremony, お水取り） Shuni-E Ceremony 修二会 Nara, Japan
..... Including "Sending off Water from Wakasa" Wakasa no O-Mizu Okuri.

Hawaiian Spirit

Vailankanni (Velankanni), Festival in Chennai, India

Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan Peach Festival, Girl's Festival

Surfer, Surfing, Surf Hawaii, worldwide

Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland


..................................................................... February 2006

Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan. Peach Festival, Girl's Festival.

Haiku Situation in Nepal

Tiruppavai of Andal Tamizhnadu, Tamil Nadu, India

Shiva Ratri Night, Festival India, Nepal, Hindu Communities

Goa Carnival India

Shivaji's forts India

Panchatantra, a Fable India

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Memorial Day, Children's Day India

Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi

Summer in India Kigo Collection

Yoga India

Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India

Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)

Haiku from Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki
Haiku from Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Alberta Family Day, Canada

Crocus (Europe, worldwide)

Power Stone, Strenght Stone (chikara ishi, Japan) weight lifting competition

Poetry and Literature of Kenya

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Writer, Kenya

Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar of Kenya

Festivals of India They are all kigo.

Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India

Tiger Dance (Huli Vesha, Puli Vesha) India
.... Including TIGER, the animal as non-seasonal topic.

Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India

Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan

Wintersweet (roobai) Japan

..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Second Meeting Kenya


..................................................................... January 2006

Caterpillars worldwide
..... Including
hairy caterpillar, woolybear, kemushi　
looper, inchworm, shakutori

Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)

..... Kaniparambil Ramesh Poet from India

Start of School Year, School Year starts(Kenya)
..... Including
form one (form 1), new term, new textbooks, school fees, new uniform

..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya

..... Hawaii Saijiki

..... EUROPA Saijiki

Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan) 05.
.................... Two flowers with the same name !

Seven Herbs of Spring (haru no nanakusa) (Japan) 05
..... Including Seri (Japanese parsley or dropwort), Nazuna (shepherd's purse), Gogyou (cottonweed), Hakobera (chickweed), Hotoke-no-za (Japanese nipplewort), Suzuna (Japanese turnip), Suzushiro (Japanese radish)

Fern (shida)(Japan) 05

Pheasant's Eye (fukujusoo) (Japan) 05

Vog (Volcanic Smog) (Hawaii, Big Island)

New Year's Day (ganjitsu)Japan, Worldwide. First day of the Year, January 1.

..... Korean Haiku

..... African Haiku

Kagura Dance (Japan)

Graduation Ceremony, Kenya

Last Fudo Ceremony of a year(osame-Fudo) (Japan)
Last Daishi Ceremony of a year (osame no Daishi) (Japan)

Whales, kujira (Japan)

Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India

Bhagavad Gita (India)


Number of Entries December 2005 : 328

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World Kigo Database <> Archives

Use the search function provided at these archives to look for a kigo or synonym of it. These archives contain all kigo collected so far in the various saijiki of the World Kigo Database.

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The Discussion Group for the World Kigo Database started on May 19, 2004.
The BLOG Database started after the first 50 kigo had been collected, about October 2004.

A summary of our activities so far was posted in the WHR.
http://www.worldhaikureview.org/4-1/whcjapan-p2.htm


Thank you for visiting the World Kigo Database !
And come back soon !

Gabi Greve

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