Notes About The Poem
Collab with Mystic Rose Rose--
First two couplets

The Butterfly

As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew  
anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
 
Lifting her wings she lands on a Zinnia beneath a tinted sky of April blue 
flight of fancy fanning fast, fabulous marvel, she is beauty true on true

A delicate design, gently painted are white ink spots on each wispy wing
polka dots align her spine, O  what  a sight for sore eyes in virgin spring
                                   
A fancy moth is what some say, an insect  with a marbled brown fringe                           ‘til they're taken aback by flair’s array, iridescent cerulean and teal tinge

A thousand miles she will fly, against Fall's tender cool azure sky
golden rays her solar compass, to orient her pathways—alas
                                     
Her journey comes to an end, up the coast where time she’ll spend
Vanessa flutters by, a painted lady, a butterfly
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Suri Avatar
April 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What a collaboration! Your words feel delicate and imagery rich. Great right, Anaya! :) xxx
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tyvm, Reya!
Blown Avatar
April 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
nice write.....there be nothing like a moth or butterfly sharing a plant with a dragonfly......len
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tyvm, SB!
Rodgers Avatar
April 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Dear Rose & Anaya, You two shimmer like a butterfly’s wing that are nectar anointed with heaven’s dew, wings fanning cerulean and teal into April’s breath. I see the polka-dotted spine, the “marbled brown fringe” that startles into iridescence. Your collaborative words are the metamorphosis that turns ink into flight, doubt into dazzle. The zinnia’s secret? It blooms brightest when poets land. Spring Blessings, My Dear Friends, Daniel
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Tyvm, Daniel sweet poet!
Poet Avatar
April 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Anaya, your words are delicate and stunning, and you speak beautifully about the divine. Beautiful imagery, delicate and well-expressed.
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tyvm, SP!
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April 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A perfect collaboration Anaya, beautiful written, equilibrium is so apparent and compliment each other’s stanza’s without any forcing whatsoever, (Polka dots align her spine, O what a sight for sore eyes in virgin spring) the standout line amongst many! A great one for the contest, cheers David
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Tyvm, David! Cheers
Onclaud Avatar
April 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
so many descriptive wordscenes which capture the wonder of creation...couplets flow fluently, anaya...i like this lots!
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tyvm Nette, yay!
Blown Avatar
April 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
nice one.....we've lots of trees around and butterflies, moths, etc...nature is simply .....beautiful......len
One Avatar
April 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Beautiful imagery, so tender and wonderfully expressed..
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tyvm,Silent One!
Goldsmith Avatar
April 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What a Lovely "The Butterfly" write. Great/Pretty Picture. I enjoyed reading this one. "Good Luck" We both did this one. Have a wonderful spring day.........
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tyvm, Paula!
Gorelick Avatar
April 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Delicately and strikingly phrased, eloquently divine, Anaya. Spring salutations, Robert
Anaya Avatar
April 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Tyvm, Robert,!
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