a butterfly
plays with shape & shadow
on a sunlit leaf.
Shadow Play [Haiku]
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Thistle [Haiku]
heavy-headed thistles
sway in the cow pasture,
bees read their motion.
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Last Dance [Haiku]
tattered butterfly
comes to rest after a
spastic last dance.
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Right-Side-Down [Haiku]
the butterfly
knows no upside-down, only
where the flowers are.
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DAILY PHOTO: Fly on a Wire
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Dark Evening Brown [Senryū]
a Dark Evening Brown
flits about the woods on a
bright morning, Brown.
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Hive [Haiku]
the wasp hive:
its crescent entrances
see steady to & fro.
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Brief Respite [Haiku]
“Cicada’s Cry” by Matsuo Bashō [w/ Audio]
the stillness --
soaking into stones
cicada's cry
Translation from: Higginson, William J. 1985. The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku. Tokyo: Kodansha Int. p. 11
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Roses & Weeds [Haiku]
roses in peak bloom,
but butterflies prefer
the weeds below.
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