thinking about
Zhuangzi... a butterfly
flutters its wings
autumn twilight
butterfly darts in and out
of my shadow
my dream floats
the shape and size
of a butterfly
waking from
the dream of a butterfly
me in the mirror?
Autumn 2010 issue of Simply Haiku
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
