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Butterfly Baby

Breezes rock the park - a soft sway of sun. They are rosebud-faced, floral lace-swaddled, sun-smiley; rapt eyes watching butterflies. Their fingers dance in air like butterflies. They are plump peaches ripening in sun - sweetest fruits of parent care, love-swaddled. Little one, I think of you, heart-swaddled but free to fly soul skies with butterflies; rising in my mind each day like the sun. Your soul flits with sun-swaddled butterflies. in memory

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/17/2023 2:37:00 PM

Congratulations on your name being on the winners' list. Way to go. Sara K

David Drowley

Date: 11/16/2023 10:25:00 AM

Congratulations on your win! Weel structured.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/15/2023 6:52:00 PM

Congratulations on your contest win!

I Am Anaya

Date: 11/15/2023 8:49:00 AM

Congratulations on your Dilly contest win! Well-deserved!

Di11y Da11y

Date: 11/14/2023 10:59:00 AM

The softness of the dappled light of a treasured memory is within these beautifully written words Charlotte - conveying an everlasting day in the sunshine to be revisited in the mind over and over. You have articulated the beauty and the pain vividly.

Brandy Nicole

Date: 11/12/2023 2:06:00 PM

The little things you'll always remember and hold close. Your heart is filled with so many emotions, and while it's difficult for you to let go, you can still feel the fluttering wings of a butterfly. Your thoughts caress softly around me and my heart. Congratulations Charlotte, on Poem of the Day. My best to you. Hugs, Brandy

Tom Woody

Date: 11/12/2023 10:46:00 AM

I'm glad I finally get to comment on this exquisite choice for potd (though I know that means nothing to you, rock star). The feeling I'm getting here is two-fold. On the one hand, utter sorrow for what is missing and gone and will never be. On the other, the joy of seeing others actively engaging with their own little peaches. Hope you're well

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/12/2023 3:16:00 PM

penetrating perception; that's exactly what the poem seeks to convey..nice to see you back commenting again :)

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/10/2023 9:18:00 AM

Congratulations on POTD! Great imagery!

I Am Anaya

Date: 11/8/2023 5:41:00 AM

Belated congratulations on a deeply touching POTD! Greif never ends, but is a passage.

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 8:01:00 AM

thank you for your kind comment

Mat Ignacio

Date: 11/7/2023 8:10:00 PM

delicately and deeply touching

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 8:00:00 AM

thanks for reading and commenting on my work

John Hamilton

Date: 11/7/2023 7:45:00 PM

Very touching write sorrowful and yet beautiful.

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:59:00 AM

thanks for commenting on this one, glad you enjoyed

Susan Lawrence

Date: 11/7/2023 4:51:00 PM

Beckoning sun-swaddled butterflies call to me . Beauty and pain intertwined in such a poignant way. Congratulations on POTD Charlotte ! Susan :)

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:58:00 AM

thank you so much

Nancy Kaufman

Date: 11/7/2023 3:07:00 PM

Dear Charlotte, Congratulations on such a sorrowful and yet amazingly beautiful write. The visual of a baby chasing butterflies came thru so well. I am deeply sorry for the loss of your little one but am so touched by your ability to offer such a lovely visual.

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:56:00 AM

thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/7/2023 7:30:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD.

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:56:00 AM

thank you so much

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 11/7/2023 6:01:00 AM

Written from heartbreak and pain in such sweetness and fragility. Congratulations on POTD Charlotte. :)

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:56:00 AM

thanks for reading and commenting

Bill Baker

Date: 11/7/2023 5:50:00 AM

Congratulations on your heartfelt poem of sadness and joy, Charlotte. The butterfly will always be a symbol of your little one. Blessings of comfort for you, my friend. Enjoy your special day of recognition. Bill

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:55:00 AM

thank you very much

Charles Messina

Date: 11/7/2023 5:38:00 AM

So sad and touching, Charlotte. So sorry for your loss, it's heartbreaking. Beautifully written though. Congratulations on POTD. Hugs Charlie

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:55:00 AM

many thanks for your kind comment

Christuraj Alex

Date: 11/7/2023 3:48:00 AM

"rosebud-faced, floral lace-swaddled, sun-smiley" - So grand. Congratulations!

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:54:00 AM

thank you, glad you enjoyed

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 11/7/2023 3:33:00 AM

so glad to see your touching poem was selected as POTD...it's filled with honest human emotions, pain, grief, anguish and acceptance. My heart bleeds for you, Charlotte. Congrats on POTD. Enjoy your Tuesday, Sara

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:54:00 AM

thanks for your comment and your kindness

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 11/7/2023 2:08:00 AM

whilst stoically accepting what is as is, bleeding heart is yet inconsolable. A sublime write oozing sweetness of love entwined with pain. Warmest congratulations on POTD, Charlotte

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:53:00 AM

thank you so much

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/7/2023 1:16:00 AM

- I know this feeling, Charlotte - Congratulations on your p.o.t.d. :) - hugs ?

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:52:00 AM

thanks for reading and commenting

Maria Fernandez-Garcia

Date: 11/7/2023 1:08:00 AM

CONGRATULATIONS on the POTD Charlotte. Awesome and touching poem. Have a nice deserved awarded day. Blessingsxxx

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:52:00 AM

many thanks for your comment

Christina Bowring

Date: 11/7/2023 12:54:00 AM

Congratulations Charlotte with deserved recognition for this truly beautiful, heart - rendering poem. So wonderfully, lovingly and tenderly written. Fragile - like the wings of a butterfly. This poem will touch so many who share your grief and unimaginable loss. So poignant. Glorious imagery and tribute .Thank you for sharing. Hugs to you xx

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:51:00 AM

thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed

Ink Empress

Date: 11/7/2023 12:42:00 AM

Congratulations on POTD, so happy to see this here; well deserved

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:51:00 AM

thanks for commenting

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 11/7/2023 12:41:00 AM

Stirs so many emotions, silent - I embrace your memory. Congrats and God bless you, Love, Gina

Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 11/8/2023 7:49:00 AM

thank you for commenting