Thank you, Alan, for your thoughtful comments and sharing your beautifully rendered traditional haiku. I appreciate the juxtaposition of the nettles, something harsh, with the soft, delicate butterfly – creates a great tension for the wanting and not being able to.
Cyndi
I too have seen a Monarch migration. I actually drove through it and stopped on the side of the road to watch it. I haven't seen one since. This happened about 9 years ago.
October 16th, 2014 at 7:14 am
Oh, I know that feeling! A lovely, effective, and well captured moment. :)
October 19th, 2014 at 3:58 pm
Thank you for responding, Gisele.
Cyndi
October 16th, 2014 at 9:20 am
Yes, a lovely haiku. We saw the monarch migration along the Lake Michigan shore this year. Thank you.
October 19th, 2014 at 3:57 pm
Thank you for your comment. How I'd love to see a monarch migration. I'm glad you saw it.
Cyndi
October 17th, 2014 at 3:55 pm
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Intimations of beauty outside bland human projections of human beauty. There is nothing to compete with real beauty. Thank you. :-)
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over the nettles
where I know I just can’t go
orange-tip butterfly
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Presence 42 (2010)
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October 19th, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Thank you, Alan, for your thoughtful comments and sharing your beautifully rendered traditional haiku. I appreciate the juxtaposition of the nettles, something harsh, with the soft, delicate butterfly – creates a great tension for the wanting and not being able to.
Cyndi
October 21st, 2014 at 12:36 am
I found this one quite humorous because I immediately had the sense that the butterfly was eavesdropping! :)
marion
October 24th, 2014 at 10:19 pm
Thank you, Marion. What an interesting perspective you've offered.
Cyndi
April 22nd, 2016 at 1:47 pm
Cyndi,
I too have seen a Monarch migration. I actually drove through it and stopped on the side of the road to watch it. I haven't seen one since. This happened about 9 years ago.
Love your Haiku – Love, Mom