Thursday, August 23, 2007



flash of yellow
a butterfly headbutts me
in my work break

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6 comments:

Gerald (SK14) said...

head-butted by a butterfly?

seems a bit far-fetched to me!

unless you've gone soft in the head I'm sure the flutterby came off worse.

is it still summer, officially?

August 23, 2007 at 5:36 AM
Area 17 said...

Hi ya hyde dp a.k.a. Gerald! ;-)

Weirdly true, I seem to have these encounters. It was Bristol after all!

Walking up Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, and a strangely summers day in Summer, and this butterfly banged right into me forehead your honour, honest guv'nor! ;-)

It was a hot day, and I think we were both taken by surprise. Like the rabbit, the butterfly had to fly, and declined my offer of a lovely soya latté to take away for his troubles.

August 23, 2007 at 5:40 AM
Isabel said...

It's still summer in New Orleans. I will trade you a few degrees of heat for some cool weather.

August 24, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Mandy said...

I don't think I've seen any butterflies this year.

I have seen lots of little snails though.

August 25, 2007 at 8:14 AM
Roswila said...

LOL! When I first read your haiku I saw a butterfly butting you somewhere with its head! And that was definitely a very strange mental image.

I've had close and wonderful encounters with butterflies, too. Both in the waking and dreaming world.

Love the illustration.

August 25, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Area 17 said...

Thanks for the comments.

Fortunately I've never been butted by a snail yet, but there is still time. ;-)

Thanks roswila for liking the illustration too! ;-)

August 26, 2007 at 3:57 AM

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