neighbor’s yard
three white butterflies
braid the air
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Amy Losak
Amy Losak is a healthcare public relations consultant. In 2021, Amy won first place in the Haiku Society of America’s annual Gerald Brady memorial senryu contest. Amy’s and her late mother Sydell Rosenberg’s (a charter member of HSA) three books are: H Is For Haiku(Penny Candy Books, 2018; illustrated by Sawsan Chalabi; Amy wrote the introduction). This picture book was honored in 2019 by the National Council for Teachers of English as a “Notable Poetry Book.” Poised Across the Sky (Kattywompus Press, 2020. Syd’s mostly haiku and senryu chapbook.) Wing Strokes Haiku(Kelsay Books, 2022. A collaborative collection.) Amy also is a member of a group of Jewish authors, all women, who are “crazy” about children’s books: The Book Meshuggenahs: www.thebookmeshuggenahs.com. It serves as a resource for kids, families, and communities. View all posts by Amy Losak
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Lovely haiku!
May I respond? :-)
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where the butterflies went trailing fingers there
Alan Summers
one-line haiku
Publication credit: Sense of Place – The Shore – Touch ed. Kathy Munro (August 2018)
Thanks so much, Alan. I love yours too. Living now in the suburbs, I see more butterflies than in the city. But of course, they are there too …
I live the threeness of this Amy! Beautiful
Alan, yes. Fingers.
mother’s hands
butterflies weave the dark
of my shiny braids
Beautiful!
wishing for butterfly effect!
from neighbor to neighbor…
they know togetherness !
Your haiku is lovely, Alan. Thanks for sharing it. Living in the suburbs, I get to see more butterflies than in NYC, though of course, they are there too … but sometimes harder to experience.
The recent climate changes have brought about a feast of various butterflies that have been absent for years!
A very old couple of ones now:
over the nettles
where I know I just can’t go
orange-tip butterfly
Alan Summers
Publication credits: Presence 42 (2010)
And another straight up one!
flash of yellow
a butterfly headbutts me
in my work break
Alan Summers
Publication credits: Disclaimer (as haiga) 2008; tinywords (2011)
Same bridge I got head butted by a pipistrelle bat one late evening! :-)
warm regards,
Alan
Lovely haiku, Amy.
A sense of joy in being part of that.
Very visual, very nice Amy.
Hi Amy, beautiful !! Thanks for your word choice!!
Nancy
What a picture you gave us! Thank you Amy!
my own backyard
I forget
to love it ?
The word "braid" here, fresh and evocative. Nice haiku!
I love this one!! Gorgeous!
Beautiful, Amy!
lovely image and haiku!