A haiku not my own
One of the great things about haiku--the refinement of image and notion to a formally laid out metaphor--is that it is easy to remember. This one I have remembered for years, and it still delights me! The butterfly lifts the cat two or three feet. This is a translation from the Japanese where the syllables were no doubt correctly 5/7/5. It seems that it isn't the counting that is as important as the imagery. Sign in to see full entry.