Monday, September 10, 2012

Butterfly


                                                                                 Photo by Jon Sullivan
Picture Credit: Sourced from Public Domain images (here)

Ruefully moving
Lone butterfly fluttering
Aimlessly tugging

To lament the end
Warmth of summer lingering
Left by the wayside

Making an entry
Autumn slowly creeping in
Presence most welcomed

Chev reasoned the necessity of incorporating a kigo (a seasonword) in a haiku
Butterflies are a kigo for Summer

Written for Chev's Tackle it Tuesday with inclusion of a kigo - butterfly-  and Real Toad's Open Link Monday

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18 comments:

  1. RHYTHM AND RHYMESeptember 10, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    I love butterflies and your verse did them justice.

    Yvonne.

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  2. Pat HattSeptember 10, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    Sucking up the last of summer
    As they know winter will be a bummer
    Showing all the delight of their self
    As they float around your shelf.

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  3. HerotomostSeptember 10, 2012 at 9:38 AM

    Here comes my favorite season...not just becasue of the season, but also because of the awesome poetry it inspires. Lovely.

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  4. Brian MillerSeptember 10, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    autumn is most welcome...i will miss the butterflies though...i find them rather beautiful...

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  5. UnknownSeptember 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM

    I love how the lonely lingering butterfly contrasts with the welcome that you give to autumn

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  6. Amrit SinhaSeptember 10, 2012 at 12:22 PM

    Very beautiful poem ... I loved the image too :-)

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  7. joanneSeptember 10, 2012 at 2:29 PM

    that was terribly beautiful....you captured the season perfectly with your words...espec. love the verbs and adverbs you have used - ruefully moving, fluttering aimlessly tugging, lament, and lingering, ....

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  8. Myrna R.September 10, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    I'm looking forward to Autumn, but it's a season that is hardly noticed here. It's still very hot, and colors don't change in the desert.

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  9. SerenaSeptember 10, 2012 at 5:09 PM

    I can relate to the butterfly... in the sense that in order to embrace the new, the old first must be relinquished.

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  10. carol l mckennaSeptember 10, 2012 at 5:52 PM

    Wonderful haiku as 'butterfly' focus ~ (A Creative Harbor)

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  11. MargaretSeptember 10, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    One laments,the other is welcomed. And oh so true. I am always ready for the seaons to change?

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  12. ChèvrefeuilleSeptember 11, 2012 at 2:06 AM

    Wonderful haiku Kaykuala love the way you have brought in the kigo Butterfly for summer and that as a welcome to autumn, my favorite season.

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  13. Dave KingSeptember 11, 2012 at 3:24 AM

    We've had far fewer butterflies this year - sadly. The wet weather no doubt to blame.

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  14. MarySeptember 11, 2012 at 4:39 AM

    I always feel a bit sad at the end of summer when I see butterflies yet...knowing that there will be 8 months when they will be somewhere else! Sigh. I enjoyed your poem, Hank.

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  15. SusanSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    The butterfly laments; we rejoice--seems like such a sad kind of balance!

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  16. Kay L. DaviesSeptember 11, 2012 at 10:48 PM

    Butterflies are a kigo for summer. How wonderful, Hank. I love the idea, and your poem.
    K

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  17. UnknownSeptember 12, 2012 at 7:48 PM

    I love all the seasons and it is Summer here in Malaysia all year round. We get the most beautiful selection of butterflies here. Kudos to your lovely set of Haiku.
    Mine is here
    Have you a FANTABULOUS WEEK!!!
    hugs
    shakira

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  18. Laurie KolpSeptember 13, 2012 at 6:58 AM

    Lovely... I especially like the ending.

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