We are butterflies

We are butterflies
by Azadeh Azad
18-Mar-2011
 

Ruffled Mother-Earth

Rattles unworried islands

Obliterates lives

 

Vicious ocean waves

Carry more catastrophes

Jolted Japan aches.

 

Nuclear dust drifts

Around the panicked planet

Powerless we feel.

 

Pause, ponder, appraise

Did you hug someone today?

We are butterflies.

© Azadeh Azad, 2011

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shahireh sharif

Powerless,

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Powerless, indeed! 

Thanks 

All the bests for Nowruz 


Azadeh Azad

Thank you, dear Farah.

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Thank you, dear Farah. Happy Nowruz :-).

Cheers,

Azadeh


Farah Afshari

beautiful Azadeh Jan.  

by Farah Afshari on

beautiful Azadeh Jan.

 


Azadeh Azad

Sima jan

by Azadeh Azad on

Your contribution is appreciated. Sorry about the misunderstanding. No further invitation :-)).

Cheers,

Azadeh


sima

Oh brother!!!

by sima on

I didn't mean to make me wrote haiku!  But I made my contribution anyway...


Azadeh Azad

Renga

by Azadeh Azad on

Sima Jan: Done! Your turn, now :-).

//iranian.com/main/blog/azadeh-azad/invitation-renga-collaborative-poetry

Cheers,

Azadeh


sima

Haiku moshaereh

by sima on

Azadeh, JD and RW: Thank you for your various contributions re Japan. I love the little Haiku exchanges you have posted. My Japanese friend Kuniko sitting here with me explained to me about Renka. What about one?


Azadeh Azad

...

by Azadeh Azad on

Dear Orang: You're welcome. Yes, I know of the Butterfly Effect, which is part of the Chaos Theory. Thanks for your very good explanation and the links. 

Dear JD: Your Japanese is excellent, almost as good as mine. LOL.

Cheers,

Azadeh


Orang Gholikhani

Butterfly effect

by Orang Gholikhani on

Hi Azadeh,

Thanks for your very nice poem.

I suppose you have alraedy heard about Butterfly effect : 

A butterfly flapping its wing in Paris can cause a few weeks later a storm over New York. This image describes the butterfly effect as it has been highlighted by the meteorologist Edward Lorenz. He discovered that in weather systems, a tiny change in one component can grow gradually until it causes huge changes after a while. This concept is not only the weather, it has been studied in various fields. When applied to human societies, it would mean that changes in behavior that may seem insignificant initially trigger widespread upheaval.

Scientists analyzing the evolution of our companies believe in the future, social transformation will be increasingly linked to a few individual stocks rather than mass phenomena. This is because two essential conditions for the emergence of the butterfly effect are now satisfied.

  • On the one hand, the flow of information has become ever faster and denser between the different actors of society and different parts of the world. This happened because previously isolated, can now be connected very quickly. Which encourages the transmission and amplification of the changes.
  • On the other hand, at the dawn of the third millennium, human societies are clearly reached a point of bifurcation. We are in a period of redefinition of norms and values ​​regarding work, saving, but also social life and relations between states. In such situations, a small change can make any switch.

These elements are the power to change the world at our fingertips, if we know free us from our inner tyrants . If we succeed, we can find in our everyday life areas where even small changes in our behavior may trigger the butterfly effect.



Jeesh Daram

あなたは大歓迎です

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あなた大歓迎です私はあなたのが好き :)


Azadeh Azad

小便

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リンクしていただきありがとうございます。


Jeesh Daram

津波

by Jeesh Daram on

.

 

stitches in rice paddy

squares of green sky

a straw hat found in mud

 

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjRpJHYMuNY&feature...


Azadeh Azad

Thank you, friends

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Dear Raoul: isn't it wiser to avoid the repetitive political arguments or non-creative articles that lead to no sparkle in our minds :-)

Cheers,

Azadeh


Monda

Beautiful haikus

by Monda on

How creative and lovely! I wish a Healthier, way more peaceful 1390 for us all. 


Raoul1955

Azadeh

by Raoul1955 on

Nice poem.  I usually avoid poems, stories, etc, but read this after noticing your name.
Cheers, :-)


Anahid Hojjati

Azadeh jan, what a great poem

by Anahid Hojjati on

And not only that, but it is all Haikus. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful ending.


Red Wine

...

by Red Wine on

Very Dear Azadeh ...

You should see those lovely butterflies in lands and gardens in Kashihara,They are wonderful and now probably will not return for the arrival of spring ... would be missing: (.

Thank you for poem.