she slips into the new year
renames it
year of the butterfly

01/09/2009

Author's Note: #13 of new year haiku. This one is for another dear friend. We had a haiku party at another friend\'s house last Sunday, and each of us brought a new year \"haiga\" to share. This one is in answer to hers. By the way \"haiga\" is a Japanese poetic/art form of combining haiku with an art piece. What really makes it \"haiga\" is the tangential quality of the relationship between the art and poem. Last year I was making poems, and art work, mostly illustrative, as a greeting I deepened by learning and experience of haiku in this. This year I am beginning to understand \"haiga\" and I intend to progressively grow in this. Hopefully you will see some development.

Posted on 01/09/2009
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