first encounter
a glasswing enters
our renku
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Marion Clarke
Marion Clarke is a poet and visual artist from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. She has been studying and writing haiku for over a decade and her work features regularly in international journals. Winner of two Sakura awards in the the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Contest, and shortlisted in the Touchstone Awards, Clarke?s poetry is included by invitation in two national collections of haiku from the island of Ireland. A selection of her poetry and artwork is at http://seaviewwarrenpoint.wordpress.com/ View all posts by Marion Clarke
Beautiful! Thank you for this.
Thank you, Jessica. It really is a beautiful creature and I'm delighted I discovered it – it is so fitting that it is through a special renku on The Haiku Foundation and thanks to Karen Cesar's verse. :)
Marion, I love this haiku and the memory of that lovely and magical butterfly when it appeared in the Snow Renku. It was just so perfect–and is your poem. Beautiful work. :)
Oh, thank you, Mary! I remember looking up 'glasswing' when I spotted it in Karen's verse and gasping when I saw the photograph. We don't have many butterfly varieties here in Northern Ireland and I found the glasswing so exquisite.
Marion, quite the precise attribute to the haiku, Renku or not. Glass wing. Jan in Texas
Seriously, Jan, I couldn't believe something so delicately exquisite existed! Thank you.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=glasswing&am…
Thanks, Jan! Do you have these butterflies in Texas? :)
marion
Such a nifty verse Marion_!
__ We have no -glasswings- here, but because of your thought, my imagination has certainly begun to flow beyond the research needed to answer my question. What is a glasswing? Grand!
young bloom
seen through this glasswing
a portrait
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Lovely! Thank you, magyar.
marion
Beautiful!
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This glasswing chose a perfect entry
The ceremony was creation
The eyes were elite
Thank you for your comment – and for your ku, Mojde! :)
marion