The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku


"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Carpe Diem Special #24, Butterfly by Chiyo-Ni

Inspirational Haiku:

In mid-flight
the butterfly returns
to the pines of Shiogoshi Shrine


Monarch Migration Map
Source: MonarchWatch


Picture from Point Pelee National Park of Canada


Monarch butterflies really do migrate, between Mexico and Canada.  Where I live, not far from Lake Erie, which straddles the U.S. - Canada border, Monarchs are a common sight in the last half of Summer.   For a few days in Autumn, when the Monarchs cluster to start their long trip from Point Pelee, a peninsula jutting far into Lake Erie from the north, it's a great tourist attraction and photo-op.

No. 2 is a real incident that happened about 50 years ago.


~ 1 ~

from Point Pelee
monarch crossing Lake Erie
dreams of Mexico

~ 2 ~

monarch butterfly
lands on my finger tip
I do not crush it

~ 3 ~

beautiful insect
a colorful visual
as you flutter by

~ 4 ~

butterfly haven
safety with both moose and goose
vegetarians

~ 5 ~

emerge from silk
fly free on the wind
avoid the silk web

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10 comments:

  1. Nicely composed haiku series JzB. I love the 2nd.

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  2. wonderful, great that you only admired but didn't crush such beauty

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  3. Um, I'm pretty sure geese snack on insects, so why not munch on monarch butterflies as well? Just askin'...

    Butterfly Seeking Nectar

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  4. The second one reminds me of an experience I had out west. Several butterflies landed on my shoulder, mt chest and on my back. I was wearing a flowered dress! It was wonderful to become a flower if only for an instant!

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  5. #2 is very classic. You sounded like Basho or Buson! Well done!

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  6. I love the composition of each haiku. A beautiful snapshot in the life of a butterfly.

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  7. I've learned from Lolly today that the Monarch carries the dead away during the Mexican festival of the dead and now I have more wonderful words about them - thank you :)

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  8. I'm dreaming of Mexico, and I'm not even a butterfly!

    In Mid-Flight

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  9. As long as the silk web is avoided, it is safe. Even in the company of moose and goose. :)

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  10. The second is just brilliant. One of your best ever. ;-)

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