Three Butterfly Haiku

Three examples of how #japanese #haiku #writers handles #butterflies as a theme.

#MORITAKE

Rakka eda ni
kaeru to mireba
kochoo kana

Note Moritake's use of a SinoJapanese noun phrase RAKKA instead of the ochiru verb to keep to the 5 syllable limit and make a distinctive strong start to his poem and set up a pattern of words and syllables  ending in a for a resonant effect? rakka eda kaeru mireba kana

and the idea of transition ... did he see a leaf or a petal but no a butterfly drifting !


#BUSON

Tsurigane ni
Tomarite nemuru
Kochoo kana

A simple image a butterfly perching on a temple bell.

Yet bear in mind the potential disturbance ... at any moment some one might come along and strike the bell and the butterfly would be gone no longer a pretty contrast to the metal bell.

Temple Bells in Japan are not mounted in a belfry but usually almost at ground level!


#CHIYO

She presents us with an almost sentimental image but with a twist of irony.

Choochoo ya
Onago no michi ya
ato ya saki

The butterfly or butterflies that are are before and after a woman on a path.

Are they butterflies or obis tied in a certain style that changes as a woman changes?

Did she have butterflies on her outer kimono or on the obi?