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Harbinger of Spring
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Posted on Mar 17 2005
This Sunday, March 20, is vernal equinox. Literally this means “green equal night” as this day is one of the two times each year when the sun crosses the equator and day and night everywhere are of equal length. For those in northern latitudes the temperature warms and days grow longer as the earth tilts toward the sun. People call this springtime. It is also a time when many Japanese write haiku about seasonal changes in the natural world around them. Here then are some haiku by students in Joe Connolly’s Speech classes at Hopwood Junior High School, which reflect this time of the year.
moon rising
on floating seaweed
salty waves
-Samantha Polig
spiral coach
cast ashore
I hear my mother’s voice
-Candy D. Hocog
sunny day
my flowers blooming
hibiscus
-Jennifer Estevez
outside my garden
plumeria tree growing
pretty birds chirp
-Fergelie Dela Cruz
in the garden
tangerines and star apples
fresh wet fruits
-Shereena Saburo
butterflys
all over the skies
happy spring
-Karen Dela Cruz
rabbits we found
come outside to play
we’re all friends
-Melanie Turbila
rain drops drip
down into my garden
flowers grow
-Clara P. Sablan
early spring evening
pausing on the street corner
for the crescent moon
-Cindy Acera
awesome to see
pretty white color
plumeria
-Ailene T. Gutierrez
healthy kids
I’m growing up
my plants are too
-Annalyn Sta. Ana
blue and white bird
eating lots of tiao
Saipan kingfisher
-Zachary Reyes
rain pouring from
dark gray skies-suddenly
a rainbow
-Diana Choi
silent
sparkling rain drops
in the moonlight
-Daniel Kaipat
canaries singing
hibiscus blooming below
I love this spring day
-Chelsea Polycarp
Grandpa’s plants
popping out of the ground
sunflowers
-Rachel Anastacio
beautiful petals
hiding inside
four o’clock blossoms
-Dalena R. Aldan
springtime is here
happiness and joy
a lily blooms
-Won Joo Kim
