November 13th -- November 17th - 72 Seasons

Major Season: Winter

Macro-season: First Winter

Micro-season: The Earth First Freezes

Haiku:

November 13

winter preparations

my son hides

the axe

November 14

stench

of ginkgo nuts—

I hurry my ginko

November 15

Shichi-Go-San

my daughter

blows out seven candles

November 16

biting

into a persimmon—

he coughs up blood

November 17

smell of the sea

the slurp

of oysters