Law-schmaw. Despite the forecast for record low temperatures tonight — or, maybe because of it — the f/k/a Gang needs to celebrate the Spring (Vernal) Equinox with a few haiku from some of our Honored Guest friends.
expecting a night
of spring…
night frost
to one side
of my paper lantern…
spring’s first dawn
half of it
is flitting snow…
spring rain
……… by Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue (500 more on spring)
spring equinox
moonshadow deepens
the creek
spring-like day
the cat grapples
with a catnip bird
spring longing
the man
in the three-quarter moon
…… by Carolyn Hall
“spring-like day” – The Heron’s Nest (2004)
“spring equinox” – The Heron’s Nest (2000)
“spring longing” – frogpond XXVIII: 1
the widower
coaxed to the dance floor
spring equinox
the gardener’s sleeves
rolled to the elbow
spring equinox
….. by Tom Painting – from A New Resonance 2 (2001) 
“gardener’s” – Frogpond XXI v:2;
“the widower”- Modern Haiku XXXI: 2
first day of spring
all the fly-fishing books
out of the library
higher and higher
on the trampoline
spring rain
….. by MATT MORDEN
“first day of spring” – A New Resonance 2 (2001)
“higher and higher” – tug of the current; Haiku Canada Newsl
snapping
the hood back on my coat –
spring arrives
last day of winter –
ice smothers
the early buds
spring arrives —
new snow bleaches
old snowbanks
mid-March winds –
a too-warm coat
suddenly too thin
Spring arrives —
peeps melting
on the dashboard
the lawn crunches
Spring’s first bocce match
postponed
…………………… by dagosan
” last day of winter” – Nisqually Delta Review (Winter-Spring, 2006)
” new snow bleaches” – Haiku Harvest (Spring/Summer 2006)
“mid-March winds” – Clouds Peak #1 (July 2006)
“peeps melting” – Simply Haiku (Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2005)
“the lawn crunches” – Simply Haiku haiga (Vol. 5: 1, 2007)
first spring day
the chatter
of the starbucks staff
another spring
a tumble of stuffed bears
in the divorcee’s bed
………… by Pamela Miller Ness
“first spring day” – haiku sequence The Can Collector’s Red Socks
“another spring” – Modern Haiku (Autumn 2003)