Zhuangzi was dreaming
Was he butterfly or man?
Not caterpillar
昔者莊周夢為胡蝶，栩栩然胡蝶也，自喻適志與！不知周也。俄然覺，則蘧蘧然周也。不知周之夢為胡蝶與，胡蝶之夢為周與？周與胡蝶，則必有分矣。此之謂物化。
School’s out for summer
Then cars on the freeway
A caterpillar
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A little Alice Cooper instead of Alice in wonderland.. Intentional?
ReplyDeleteYes! I still have the small (short play) record. I started with school's out and then saw that Alice Cooper already had produced a 5 syllable line. Thanks for noticing!
DeleteYou might hear some say your first haiku was Lao-Tze.... but I really enjoyed it :)
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful way with words Lothar, thank you for sharing with us :)
I'm surprised to hear that the butterfly's dream is attributed to Laozi. The Chinese text puts it to Zhuangzi: 莊周夢為胡蝶 - zhuang zhou (which is Zhuangzi) meng (dream) wei (as) hudie (butterfly). Thanks for the input. That's what haiku should do, giving room for new ideas to rise.
ReplyDeleteNice haiku Lothar. I love the deeper layers in these haiku. Thank you for being a participator in Carpe Diem.
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