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.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Carpe Diem's "Little Creatures" #2, "I dreamed I was a butterfly" (Soshi)

In the following haiku Wafu was inspired by a piece of poetry by Soshi (Chuangtse) who says the following:

 [...] "Long ago I, Chuangtse, dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting about lightly on if I were really one, happily following my fancies. Suddenly awakening, again I was in the form of Chuangtse. Was it a case of Chuangtse dreaming he was a butterfly, or is it now that a butterfly is dreaming that it is Chuangtse? I do not know". [...]


cho kiete tamashii ware ni kaeri keri

 the butterfly having disappeared, 
my spirit 
came back to me 

© Wafu 




This is true, though:

on my fingertip
the soft touch of a monarch ~
many years ago

~~::~~

~ I see the butterfly as a symbol of finding once again that which was lost ~
~ And I see the echoes of this in my own life ~

 in the wilderness
wandering for many years ~
now a butterfly

~~:~~

 in butterfly dreams
i soar through space and time ~
spirit regained

~~:~~

[Moondust inspiration]

i in butterfly
or butterfly in me ~
metamorphosis 

Carpe Diem's "Little Creatures" #2, "I dreamed I was a butterfly" (Soshi)

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3 comments:

  1. SkyAugust 21, 2014 at 5:51 PM

    series of beautiful haiku

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  2. JaniceAugust 21, 2014 at 8:37 PM

    Very nice series of haiku!

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  3. moondustwriterAugust 22, 2014 at 1:51 PM

    Oh Im glad you included the metamorphosis because it was profound.
    You tell much of life's experience through this colorful creature

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