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The frog cycle will continue (it is to be wished) generation after generation. Wherever Chris’s tadpoles were caught, they are now released into the pond. From that time, the days will grow longer the released tadpoles have the chance to grow into frogs. Re L1, “a day’s worth of tadpoles.” how many hours in a day? At the spring equinox, there are twelve daylight hours. It even links, in a subtle, distant way, to our maeku’s soundless symphony with many conductors. “Our sense should be of something that goes on, even as we part from it.” – John StevensonĬhris’s ageku ticks all the boxes for an ideal ageku for this renku, and more. “.a bright or relaxed verse that expresses the joy of completing the work.” – Professor Fukuda combining elements of summary, salutation and augury.” – John E.
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the fulfilment of anticipation: ‘at last’.
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So, have I selected Chris’s verse just because I happen to like frogs? No. Only in recent decades have I found out that many frogs are now on the endangered list. Not only do our amphibian friends look cute, but they do us the service of catching and eating mosquitoes. I learned the life cycle of a frog, by observation, before I learned much else. After we’d brought our catch home to show, we’d be told to put them back so that they could grow up to be frogs. All we used to need was a jar or bucket and a bit of an old nylon stocking begged from mother or grandmother. Tadpoles can be found in creeks, in culverts, in billabongs, in farm dams, in ponds and in man-made pools in public parks. Catching tadpoles is also a fun spring activity for many young children and it’s educational, too. Sunbeams stir/ the pond’s depths – Agnes Eva SavichĪ swirl of koi/ awakens the pond – Mary Kendallįlying a kite is a fun activity. Stacking chairs/ at the first spring gathering – Brendon Kent The spring tide arrives/ then ebbs away – Pauline O’CarolanĪn echoing whale song/ tempts us onward – Jan Benson Hibernation’s end/ a turtle comes up for air – Linda Weirīear cubs wrestling/ outside the den – Polona OblakĪ day’s worth of tadpoles/ released to the pond – Chris Patchel The shapes we find/ in passing spring clouds – Judt Shrode Here are my ‘top 10’ once more, for this last time:Īs if on cue/ fiddleheads unfurl – Sally Biggar Many thanks to all who submitted for giving me a good variety to select from. It is pure chance that the German word Führer also translates as guide.” (John Carley, Renku Reckoner)ġ7 poets submitted verses for our ageku spot. Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.īirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sabaki River Mouth.Welcome to The Haiku Foundation’s Seventh Renku Session. Regionally threatened species include Casmerodius albus (usually present in small numbers) and Rynchops flavirostris (a regular visitor, mainly August–March). The Near Threatened, restricted-range Anthus melindae is resident in and around the grassy dunes. Good numbers of Palearctic shorebirds also occur, and Limicola falcinellus, a very uncommon bird in Kenya, winters here in flocks of up to 80. This site hosts large visiting flocks of Glareola ocularis (regularly up to 2,500, with a maximum of 9,000–10,000 in 1978), and is an important resting, roosting and feeding ground for gulls and terns. Just north and south of the river mouth are grassy dunes that conceal permanent or temporary pools of freshwater. The state and size of the estuary vary seasonally, depending on river flows. This area comprises the sandbanks, mudbanks, dunes and freshwater pools and marshes at the mouth of the Sabaki, Kenya’s second-longest river, c.5 km north of Malindi town, between the Malindi–Mambrui road bridge and the sea.