“Describe plum-blossoms?Better than my verses… whiteWordless Butterflies” Bashō Matsuo Source: Japanese Haiku
“Come, butterflyIt's late-We've miles to go together.” Bashō Matsuo Source: On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho
“April's air stirs inWillow-leaves… a butterflyFloats and balances” Bashō Matsuo Source: Japanese Haiku
“Ballet in the air…Twin butterflies until, twice whiteThey Meet, they mate” Bashō Matsuo Source: Japanese Haiku