Alone
garden butterfly–
the child crawls, it flies
crawls, it flies…
the flute-playing servant
is the village headman!
butterflies dance
window open– [pic]
a butterfly pulls my eyes
across the field
flecked with sand
from the whirlwind…
little butterfly
claiming
the big sake cup…
a little butterfly
yellow gang, white gang
the butterflies stake
their claims
…………..... by kobayashi issa,
translated by David G. Lanoue
[pic] “Monarch butterfly circle of life” [by Peggy Greb & Stephen & Ausmus, USDA]
Haiku poets often create a
collection of poems in honor
of a deceased friend or loved one.
This haiku collection has been
created to celebrate the life of Arthur P. Giacalone, of Rochester, NY, USA, who died on January 11, 2008, and will be much missed by friends, “kith and kin.”
You can read more about Art at , and about the butterfly symbolism (with poems) at
Compiled by his son, David Giacalone, of Schenectady, NY.
January 20008
- You can find this collection online at f/k/a,
The poems in this collection have
appeared at David Giacalone ’s weblog, f/k/a,
,
where you will find haiku and similar poetry by
some of the very best English-language haiku
poets – our Honored Guest Poet family .
Many thanks to all the poets who have
allowed their work to be posted here and at f/k/a.
© 2007 - copyrights retained by the respective poets.
a haiku-butterfly celebration in memory of
ARTHUR P. GIACALONE
[pic]
- born Feb. 26, 1919, died Jan. 11, 2008 -
sunset stroll –
searching snow banks
for butterflies
…. by david giacalone
[pic] © 2007 haiku & senryu by various authors; all rights reserved.
my son noticing . . .
the attention i pay
to butterflies
………..…… by john stevenson
- The Heron’s Nest — Vol. 1, #1 (1999)
hitchhiking [pic]
an orange moth fills
the emptiness of Texas
……… by ed markowski
- Mainichi News (Sept. 2005)
mountain butterfly
from her boulder
to mine
…….. by randy brooks
- Modern Haiku XXXI:2; rma 2000
relaxing my arm
butterfly
on the bullseye
[pic]…. by michael dylan welch
3rd Place, Drevnoik Award 2004, Haiku Canada
this butterfly [pic]
has places to go
spring journey
one last teatime
for the autumn
butterfly
………….. by david g. lanoue - Dewdrop World (2005)
after the rain
a white butterfly
on the clothesline
……. by george swede
- Inkstone I:1 (1982)
[pic] a butterfly
so long at my window
summer dusk
……….…. by carolyn hall
- The Heron’s Nest 9:1; Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar 2007
the butterfly’s path …
my son swings again
and misses
………….... by tom clausen
- Homework (Snapshot Press 2000)
the garden butterfly–
my daughter not close enough
then too close
nowhere else
but the next flower –
afternoon butterfly
[pic]…………… by gary hotham
- The Heron’s Nest (Sept. 2001) & (May 2004)
Windblown curtain–
from a fold, a white moth
flutters out into moonlight
………….. by rebecca lilly,
- Shadwell Hills (Birch Prees Press, 2002)
flitting from
watercolours to oils
a butterfly
beneath work
i haven’t finished
a trembling moth
…. by matt morden [pic]
- Morden Haiku
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