We have entered the micro-season of “Haze First Covers the Sky”. This is the second micro-season of the mini-season Rain Water. To celebrate this season, we will learn about haze and read seasonal haiku from Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki.
Micro-Season: “Haze First Covers The Sky” (2023) — Naturalist Weekly
In response to Mark’s prompt, I choose fog for its several autumn/winter/spring appearances. Sometimes the precipitation creates frost, sometimes fog, sometimes both. Here’s one from last year:
Frozen dawn, bare trees
hide-and-seek with fog, tardy
school bus grumbles near
https://maryjomalo.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/haiku-11/
THE WOUND THAT HEALS 
Beautifully penned Mary Jo. I love the contrasting imagery between the natural and ‘man’-made. Happy Writing My Friend.
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Hadn’t thought of that, Goff! That machine barely handles what Creation dishes out and is no match for the natural beauty of fog, as well as its dangers. I remember those as creepy, foggy mornings and nerves on those roads.
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Ah, such memories!
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Wonderful poem, Mary Jo.
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Thank you kindly, Tim.
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And the students in the school bus might be grumbling, too. 🙂 Excellent, evocative poem, Mary Jo!
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Oh no doubt, Dave! We grumbled about waiting in the dark. We grumbled waiting in the freezing fog when the bus was late. Then we grumbled about having school that day. 🙂
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All of the above! 🙂
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I am enjoying walking with you along the 72 seasons of the Ancient Japanese Calendar, Mary Jo. There is a spring mist that covers Vancouver especially when walking in the forests. You can feel the moisture against the skin. I wondered if we experienced the same mist as Japan. After a brief search I found that “Tokyo has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) whereas Vancouver, British Columbia has a Mediterranean warm climate (Csb). Tokyo is in or near the warm temperate moist forest biome whereas Vancouver, British Columbia is in or near the cool temperate wet forest biome.”http://www.tokyo.climatemps.com/vs/vancouver.php
I continue to learn.
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Likewise! I’m enjoying the similarities and differences within the micro-seasons. The varieties of precipitation in just one climate niche is fascinating, let alone all of them. We have memories of each one we’ve inhabited, be it only one or several. I’m so habituated to a Great Lakes Basin batch of seasons, it’s lovely to hear about others. Thank you, Rebecca.
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Beautiful, Mary Jo. Rebecca Budd sent me here. She intrigued me with her mention of your mirco-season poetry. The season is poetic, and your poetry is wonderful.
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Thank you so much, Diana, for stopping by and commenting so generously! the “Naturalist Weekly” is a wonderful place to visit too.
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I headed there too. 🙂 So fun.
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Lovely poem Mary Jo. I love that picture.
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Thank you, Peggy. It fit my memory quite well.
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Your haiku recreates this micro-season perfectly. I feel like a child shivering in the raw dampness waiting for the tardy bus.
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I appreciate your response, Liz. It does bring us back. 🙂
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My pleasure, Mary Jo. I was fortunate to always live “in the village” as a kid. I never had to ride the bus.
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Lucky you! There was always having everyone watch as you boarded. Self-consciousness was painful at that age. Well that and icy fog.:)
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I do remember walking to school in zero degree temps in a miniskirt, though. My legs quickly went numb, so it didn’t bother me. Now I complain if I have to go from the house to the unattached garage in the cold. *Eye roll*
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What’s a little frostbite for the sake of fashion. 😉
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Exactly! 🙂
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