In this post inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai we read this classical quote:
[...] "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". [...]
Soshi (Chuangtse)This is a very famous and often read poem ... and it has inspired many a haiku poet to write:
my heart
that was rapt away
by the wild cherry-blossoms, -
will it return to my body
when they scatter?
© Kotomichi (1798-1868)
cho kiete tamashii ware ni kaeri keri
the butterfly having disappeared,
my spirit
came back to me
© Wafu
wandering through the meadow
following the path of butterflies -
I find my spirit
© Chèvrefeuille
following the path of butterflies -
I find my spirit
© Chèvrefeuille
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| Redon, Odilon - French, 1840 - 1916 Evocation of Roussel c. 1912 |
walking in a dream
the man dreams of creation
among the flowers
in summer gardens
raptured by the blossoms
butterflies and men
raptured by the blossoms
butterflies and men
the old man wanders
in his daydreams at dawn
among butterflies
in his daydreams at dawn
among butterflies
© G.s.k. '14
