#Japanese haiku spring butterflies

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Whether I’m strolling with my 88-year-old mother in a quiet Northern California neighborhood or whether I’m striding down Main Street in Southern California, birds are singing! My fine-feathered friends won’t let me forget to celebrate this season of rebirth.

Japanese haiku poetry master, Basho expresses with elegance the lighthearted hopefulness that accompanies spring:


“April’s air stirs in
Willow-leaves…a butterfly
Floats and balances”

~Matsuo Basho