Butterfly Haiku Poems

Empathy 

a drop of water 
hangs on the end
of this bamboo spout - I sniff



Alone

how fragile the evening -
this huge silence
about to burst


Discarded Haiku

flakes of...

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butterflies cavort
over summer's garden ....
dragging august in ...

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butterfly larvae
an avid cocoon spinner
in other words worm...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about autumn, fall, falling, trees, leaves, leaving, goodbye, rice, moon, moonlight, words.

Reverential tears:
the falling leaves
bid their trees goodbye.
—Matsuo Basho,...

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Matsuo Basho English Translations of haiku about spring, birds, bats, butterflies, flowers, sun, cherry.

Seeing them naked
almost makes me caress
the wanton flowers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael...

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A catepillar veils,
In a colourless shell,
To sprout its hued wings...

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              yellow and black flash
       ...

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butterflies and bees
     pollinating the flowers
          spreading new beauty
...

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headstrong Bogong moths
find their mountains far away ~
star gazing gurus...

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black cherry dusk skies
and moon rose, it was silver
butterfly quivers

the gemmed stars were out
and Mom tending blooms, singing
clematis clinging

jade dragonfly lake
comes again in memory
with anemones

Dad...

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for orange lovers,
Asian orange butterfly ~
Mangina argus...

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I can see dark clouds,
Butterflies with broken wings,
Flowers that won’t bloom....

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jade gemstone dangling
gold trim, made for royalty
monarch chrysalis...

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  A pink butterfly
quivering upon a rose…
   ephemeral glow
...

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a caterpillar
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