Forgetting how big the world is . . .
framed
butterflies
Published by
M. Shayne Bell
M. SHAYNE BELL received a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1991). Bell's haiku have been published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Heron's Nest, Wales Haiku Journal, Blithe Spirit, Tinywords, Shot Glass, O:JA&L, Haikuniverse, and Mainichi Japan. Bell's poetry has also been published in The Ghazal Page, Cathexis Northwest, Fibonacci Review, Typishly, Asimov’s, and Once Upon a Midnight (an anthology commemorating the 150th anniversary of Poe’s “The Raven”). Bell grew up on a ranch outside of Rexburg, Idaho; he and his four cats live in Rexburg. View all posts by M. Shayne Bell
Love it.
great
Touching. Thanks.
Wonderfully disruptive. Love it.
Nifty -M_!
__We forget many things, but here, you've caused our thoughts to remember to forget the "framed" limits of life. One moment here, the next moment… there; ah such good air.
butterfly
from this breeze of Atlanta
Buenos Aries
_m
Beautiful, and thought-provoking, as are all of Bell's haiku.
The mind is lifted towards the sky at the end of line 1 and then is immediately entrapped by that frame – really strong ku.
marion
part of its flight path
the windblown
Monarch
Thank you, everyone.
monarchs
flying on their own wing-power
nature driven