Claudette Russell is a retired high school English teacher who lives with her husband in Goodwin State Forest in Hampton, Connecticut. Her work has appeared in various print and online journals. She also collaborates with her husband to create haiga.
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I like this!
Although it is quite different, it does remind me of a recent haiku of mine:
over the nettles
where I know I just can't go
Orange-tip butterfly
Many levels in this – I think of the butterfly showing up at the funeral of my grannie…and butterfly as symbol of transformation…and the butterfly's way of shifting attention, from flower to flower…at the same time as firing of all of these associations – a wellput, exact observation. Simple and manyfold, butterflyish! Admirable.
I like this!
Although it is quite different, it does remind me of a recent haiku of mine:
over the nettles
where I know I just can't go
Orange-tip butterfly
Orange-tip butterfly: http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/wildlifegarden/at…
Good observation & well written.
butterfly on a maidens path
now behind
now in front
Chiyo-ni
Hi, Claudette…we meet again! Lovely haiku. Merrill
Excellent – I love it!
Tantalizing~!
Thank you~!
Beautiful and delicate.
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to comment.
Many levels in this – I think of the butterfly showing up at the funeral of my grannie…and butterfly as symbol of transformation…and the butterfly's way of shifting attention, from flower to flower…at the same time as firing of all of these associations – a wellput, exact observation. Simple and manyfold, butterflyish! Admirable.
claudette
my middle name is russell
just a thought
butterfly —
the way you leave
and come back
This haiku is an excellent mental association to Chiyo-ni,s haiku, I like it
such a technique was also used by Matsuo Basho