red plum blossoms ~

butterflies from utopia

arrive well on time

kigo

red plum (blossoms) (kobai) [early spring]

Note:- Traditionally, a renku “blossom verse” is required to include either the word “blossoms” (hana in Japanese) without naming the type (always considered to mean “cherry blossoms”) or the term “cherry blossoms” (in Japanese, sakura by itself is enough). Today, many non-Japanese renku people accept all terms here including the word “blossoms*"—and other spring-blossoming ornamentals, such as “apricot blossoms”, “apple blossoms”, and so on. —wjh