Haiku, Kigo and the English Language

[billy]

it's a given that the seasonal word can be connected to a certain area, the Sahara or Gobi would use dessert related kigo as would winnipeg or newyork. to do so isn't something i see as rule breaking. in the Philippines where i live we have the rainy and the non rainy seasons and that it. the thing is, many write haiku outside their country (about frogs and ponds and willows and cherry trees. in these case the poem has to work (i think)

let's face it, it isn't hard to come up with a seasonal word wherever you live.