Connecting to nature through poetry and prose
We have entered the micro-season of “Bamboo Shoots Appear”. This is the third micro-season of the mini-season of First Summer. To honor this season, we are learning all about Bamboo and reading haiku by Basho, Issa, and Buson.
We have entered the micro-season of “The Earthworms Rise”, which is the second micro-season of the mini-season of First Summer. To honor this season we will be looking at the taxonomy of earthworms and reading poetry for Carl Dennis, Issa, Buson, and Basho.
We have entered the micro-season of “The First Frog Calls”, which is the first micro-season of the mini-season of First Summer. In this season we investigate why frogs call and who are the first frogs to call. We also look at Basho’s famous Frog Pond haiku and the haiku responses from Issa and Buson.
We have entered the micro-season of “The Tree Peony Flowers”. To honor this season we are investigating the “King of Flowers”, and reading poetry by Qian Qi, Emperor Yang, Buson, Issa, and Basho.
We have entered the micro-season of “The Frost Stops the Rice Grows”, which is the second micro-season of the mini-season of Grain Rain. To honor this season we will look into the trends in spring frost and read haiku by Issa, Basho, and Buson.
We have entered the micro-season of “The First Reeds Grow”, which is the first micro-season of the mini-season of Grain Rain. To honor this season we are exploring the taxonomy of reeds, traditional Japanese reed instruments, and some haiku by Issa and Basho.
We have entered the micro-season of “The First Rainbow Appears”. This is the third micro-season of the mini-season of Clear and Bright. In today’s post, we are looking at how rainbows are formed, the types of rainbows, and some poetry by Dickinson, Issa, and Takahama Kyoshi
We have entered the micro-season of “Geese Fly North”. To honor this season we look at bird migration patterns and read haiku by Basho, Issa, Shiki, and Buson.
We have entered the mini-season of Clear and Bright, which is the fifth mini-season of the year. To honor this season we are exploring the Qingming Festival, Taqing, Kite Flying, and poetry by Du Mu, Wu Weixin, and Issa.
We have entered the micro-season of “Thunder Raises its Voice”. To honor this season, we explore the life stages of a thunderstorm and read poetry by John Hall Wheelock, Kerouac, Issa, and Basho.
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