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Sketchbook 

Alan Summers, UK
 

 

 

Rengay

Green Tomatoes

its house abandoned
the garden has become home
to butterflies     /Soji*

too few zeroes
in the checking account

caterpillar tracks
the new home takes the shape
of a cocoon

natural history—
inside barbie's head
the gleam of a pupa

soft snow
on the family Chrysler

fried eggs—
so many hand-me-downs left
around the fir tree

 

Note*

The first verse is by Iio Sogi (1421-1502) trans. Steven D. Carter

The lifecyle of the butterfly has four stages or parts:
http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/butterfly/lifecycle.html

 

 

 

 

Haibun

Beyond The Crow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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