monarch butterflies
floating stained glass windows
reflect light’s glory
delicate creatures on winged
migration to paradise
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clerestory pilgrimage
19 Sep 2019 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: butterflies, clerestory, migration, monarchs, pilgrimage, stained-glass
tranquility
21 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in tan renga Tags: butterflies, calm, stars, sunflowers
a certain calm
in summer’s passing
flowers
garden’s bodacious beauty
sunflower heads fill with seeds
flat seas
with the butterfly’s flight
a certain calm
orange flutters cover tree
monarchs’ summer migration
the hour silent
before the birds awake
waves on sand
dot-to-dot stars fade away
earth turns her face toward sun’s glow
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai / haiku © Jane Reichhold / renga © lynn
seasoned habitat
29 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: butterflies, flowers, golden, mountain, pheasant
A “fusion” haiku for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s Crossroads Challenge…
a strange flower
for birds and butterflies
the autumn sky
© Basho
the pheasant cries
as if it just noticed
the mountain
© Issa
autumn on mountain
butterflies and flowers gone
pheasant’s golden cry
© lynn
pixabay free image
hope wears white
19 May 2018 5 Comments
in haiku series, troiku Tags: bell, butterflies, death, flowers, hope, mothers
CDHK weekend fusion challenge: fuse two haiku, then create troiku…
temple bells die out
the fragrant blossoms remain
a perfect evening
will we meet again
here at your flowering grave –
two white butterflies
© Basho
church bells’ somber ring
fragrance of casket flowers
butterflies wing hope
© lynn
church bell’s somber ring
ask for whom is it tolling?
time waits for no one
fragrance of casket flowers
roses, daisies, carnations
florals dress-up death
butterflies wing hope
loved by two mothers, i know
we will meet again
antiqued dreams
27 Oct 2016 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: butterflies, dreams, embroidery, honeysuckle
embroidery thread
honeysuckled butterflies
grandma’s pillowcase
Inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompt: embroidery thread
hovering in garden patch
06 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: butterflies, cabbage, garden, petals
photo credit: lansing wild birds unlimited blogspot
butterfly trio
white petals flirt
passing wings
dainty cabbage pests
My haiku flits like little butterfly to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s garden of cabbages…
recital reminisce
27 Apr 2014 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: butterflies, music, piano, recital
when my son fingers those keys,
notes of Beethoven or Debussy
float like delicate butterflies to
bring happy summer to my ears
like sweet notes of summer, our
time flutters by on soft wings as
his beard appears… soon Nevue’s
music on my piano may fall silent
(from “Play it again, Toads”, link to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads)
a poem in my pocket 
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