doing the dishes ...
outside
two tender butterflies
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The TENDER ... well, we have so many different types of butterflies around, and these "janome" are always as a pair, on their honeymoon trip, so it seems, and really tender, considering the bigger and tougher ones that can even escape the claws of my cats without much harm.
As for the form, I am experimenting with .. short long short ...
the OUTSIDE ... should bring you inside yourself, meditating whilst doing the dishes ...
Greetings from my zen kitchen!
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Butterfly (choo) KIGO
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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Ah, Gabi . . . I see you, like most of us, staring out the window while doing a repetitive job.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I like 'tender' here or not . . . but that's just a personal quirk. A lovely moment!
S.C.
Yes even the mundane task of washing dishes we can get a moment's pleasure as you have done with that delicate image.
ReplyDeletei too wonder about the use of 'tender'.
D.A.
Aw Gabi ... now YOU 're making me think of retirement!
ReplyDeleteafter twenty years
still that rusty watering can
in the garden
:>) E. H.
Ah, dishwater zazen...
ReplyDeleteI like this very much, "tender" and all. Such a beautiful lavender insect, beautiful photo as well.
Wishing you butterfly satori.
B.D. A.
May I offer a simple link to your wonderful HAIKU:
ReplyDelete*doing the dishes ...
outside
two tender butterflies* [Gabi]
a pair of wings open
the summer solstice [chibi]
Thank you for the link to the photos, too.
ciao... chibi
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/33533
Hello, Gabi san,
ReplyDeleteI like "tender" now that I understand. And what a spectacularly beautiful butterfly!
neko
Oh, this is lovely, Gabi san!
ReplyDeleteThe housework is always so much
easier when there's a window
to nature...
L. :)
... my goodness, Gabi,I'm glad you were doing the dishes and not making the salad
ReplyDelete(...joking...I do know what you mean by tender, but just for a moment the other sense of the word flashed by, in relation to the dishes. But the butterflies were safe: you'd finished eating )
It is a very pretty butterfly in the photo...and yes, a tender shade of lilac ..
L.O.
A quiet serene moment…almost makes doing dishes worthwhile…eh?
ReplyDeleteB.T.