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Weeping For Butterflies

I stood and stared at vivid things
Yellows, white, and neon blues,
From tiny ones, with tiny wings
To graceful giants, in lustrous hues.

There were dandies garbed in polka dots
Others bore alluring eyes,
Some wore shimmering silver spots
As mother nature donned disguise.

Yet for those butterflies I wept,
Their wondrous ruses to no avail,
For in glass cases they are kept,
Collected, killed, and then impaled.








Entry for 'Impaled' poetry contest
Sponsored by Anthony Slausin.
22/7/2019. Placed 1st.

Copyright © Gary Smith | Year Posted 2019

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Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 5/21/2020 6:05:00 PM Hello Gary Smith I think that the butterflies should be free to fly whereever. Enjoy your evening my friend. Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 5/22/2020 1:11:00 PM Hello Gary Smith, you are welcomed. Enjoy your day my friend. Gary Smith Date: 5/21/2020 6:33:00 PM Thank you Darlene. :)

Swetha Vangaveti Date: 8/21/2019 10:29:00 PM A poignant write!!! Congratulations on the deserving win :) Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/22/2019 7:18:00 AM Thank you Swetha. :)

Jan Allison Date: 8/9/2019 3:57:00 PM Butterflies are so beautiful out in the gardens. so sad to see them stuck with pins in a display cabinet - you took impaled to a whole new level Gary, many congrats on your trophy win:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/9/2019 4:02:00 PM Thank you Jan, I always found such displays quite disturbing. :)

David Sanders Date: 8/8/2019 7:59:00 AM A very poignant and touching poem! It reminds me that beautiful and fragile things should be loved and admired in their natural setting, not acquired and preserved 'under glass'. Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/8/2019 8:00:00 AM Thank you David. :)

Gershon Wolf Date: 8/7/2019 12:51:00 PM How did I miss this one? Congrats, Gary on your #1 trophy win in the contest! ~ gw Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/7/2019 1:13:00 PM Thank you Gershon. :)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 8/7/2019 9:39:00 AM So well done Gary, I feel much the same. Congratulations on your well deserved trophy win! (I have four teeny weeny Monarch Butterfly babies I am hoping to raise and release~) xomo Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/7/2019 9:45:00 AM Thank you Maureen. :)

Janice Canerdy Date: 8/7/2019 9:29:00 AM Gary, CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win! Janice Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/7/2019 9:45:00 AM Thank you Janice. :)

Reason A. Poteet Date: 8/7/2019 7:50:00 AM Great work, Gary, suiting excellently to the prompt. Impaled after death. Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/7/2019 8:22:00 AM Thank you R.A.P. :)

Beata Agustin Date: 8/6/2019 11:44:00 PM Wow! Congrats. Thanks for sharing your talent. God bless you. Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 8/7/2019 5:51:00 AM Thank you Beata. :)

CayCay Jennings Date: 7/26/2019 8:03:00 PM What lovely flow with your spot on rhyme schemes. Reading, I was wrapped in delight till the last stanza effectively delivered gray. With equally enjoyable flow and rhyme your gray touched my emotions. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 7/27/2019 4:46:00 AM Thank you CayCay. :)

Arturo Michael Date: 7/22/2019 10:44:00 AM Nice one Gary... Login to Reply Gary Smith Date: 7/22/2019 10:44:00 AM Thank you Arturo. :)