Matsuo Basho Butterfly Poems

  • 1.
    With every gust of wind,
    the butterfly changes its place
    on the willow.

    ...
  • 2.
    A caterpillar,
    this deep in fall--
    still not a butterfly.

    ...
  • 3.
    Flower
    under harvest sun - stranger
    To bird, butterfly.

    ...
  • 4.
    The butterfly is perfuming
    It's wings in the scent
    Of the orchid.

    ...
  • 5.
    Deep into autumn
    and this caterpillar
    still not a butterfly

    ...
Total 5 Butterfly Poems by Matsuo Basho

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