What is a Troiku?
In short you have to write three new haiku using the three separated lines of the given haiku as the first line. Go here to read more about Troiku .
This is the “blue-print” of the troiku:
butterflies and birds
restlessly they rise up
a cloud of flowers
(© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
butterflies and birds
no longer out and about
summer storm coming
restlessly they rise up
staging area abuzz
autumn migration
a cloud of flowers
lost in pollen tsunami
bees swept from their perch
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9/30/15
