てふてふ
10 poems of butterfly.
in 10 of the 701 poems of Sōmokutō
- a butterfly from behind to the front flutter flutterOne Man Within
- the sky clears — butterflies, now two, now threeWalking Mountains, Walking Waters
- butterflies tangling together shade and sunA Landscape of Weeds
- a butterfly fluttering has crossed the roof-tilesPersimmon Leaves
- wet through little butterfly where are you goingPersimmon Leaves
- the graveyard warm a butterflyPersimmon Leaves
- butterfly in the soft light will you climb to heavenPersimmon Leaves
- over grass left to bloom as it will — butterfliesCold and Alone
- since I stopped meeting people — mountain butterfliesHeart for the Road
- that is a butterfly's dance before deathThe Crow
The old kana spelling of butterfly, tefu-tefu — you can almost see the fluttering in the letters. “A butterfly from behind to the front flutter flutter.”