Tag Archives: Butterfly

Unsettled [Haiku]

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a butterfly
 lurches flower to flower;
  never settling.

Shadow Play [Haiku]

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a butterfly
 plays with shape & shadow
  on a sunlit leaf.

Last Dance [Haiku]

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tattered butterfly
 comes to rest after a
  spastic last dance.

Right-Side-Down [Haiku]

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the butterfly
 knows no upside-down, only
  where the flowers are.

Dark Evening Brown [Senryū]

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a Dark Evening Brown
 flits about the woods on a 
  bright morning, Brown.

Brief Respite [Haiku]

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a butterfly 
 lounges in the sun; 
  and then is gone.

The Well-Worn Path [Haiku]

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a crisp trail
 worn into the grass;
  i move, butterfly-like.

Flashy Lascar [Senryū]

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tiny lascar,
 sitting on a small leaf,
  not blending -- at all.

Bee and Butterfly [Haiku]

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bee & butterfly,
 drawn to the same fragrant bloom,
  work in harmony.

Tattered Moth [Haiku]

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a moth, wings tattered,
 basks in the canopy-
  breaching spotlight.