Best Monarch Poems

hanging from the foliage
in your hundreds
repainting the leaves
in bright shades
of black and orange
with your waterproof
gossamer wings
of four inch span
so fragile and 
yet so strong
enabling you  
to journey south
across america
from canada to mexico 
breeding new generations
as you travel 
thousands of miles
with unerring accuracy
to the exact...

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I await your coming
for the flowers are blooming and the grass is high…
lilac branches still bare and shivering
in the laggard lion’s breath of March
they await your kiss, Monarch of summer.

purplish buds
sprout from gray lilac branches --
daffodils bloom

Though all the tulips are gone
having served as desert...

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late summer morning
yellow goldenrod in bloom
monarchs out feeding

10/1/19


Contest: Writing Challenge, October -Butterfly 

Sponsor: Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode



* A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope....

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Dedicated To: Joe DiMino 

An ultimatum flight giving fancy, to monarch wings 
of beauty and grace. 
Towards the blazing sun she travels deep 
into the bowls of heaven, a fearless painted lady  
etched *gold *orange* red*, with a touch of black
She becomes a chiaroscuro...

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monarch resting
on the canopy
of queen anne's lace



posted on June 29, 2019...

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Majestic wings flutter in the air
over sweet blossoms that waft perfume.
Nodding heads affirm there’s nectar there
as a proboscis probes each new bloom. 
Rays of golden sun paint velvet wings
clad in exquisite prisms of light
harboring beauty reserved for kings.

Bronze pastels are fringed with spots of white
uniquely...

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Monarch butterfly, how majestic, how iconic,
Monarch butterfly, how beautiful are your wings of yellow and black,
You fly through the air with strength and ease,
Yet without a guide, only your inner GPS, to guide you along,
Monarch butterfly, we pray you are not without a home.

Monarch butterfly,...

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monarch butterflies
wings flutter about the vine
grace the passion fruit...

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3 Monarch butterflies, her spirit still lives on
3 Monarch butterflies show me she’s not really gone
3 Monarch butterflies flying through the wind
To take me back to somber days where she speaks to me again

I’ll always remember
The things she has taught me
About being glorious
To live for...

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I am the monarch of the sky
can outdistance by the miles
every insect, every time
heavy rain or bright sunshine
like a fearless horse I run 
in the heart of boisterous winds
like a skater coast and glide
in my effortless cruising style
beauty queen of butterflies
smooth and waxy my chrysalis
green...

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It laid so softly on its powdered side.
Amongst a million(tomb)stones.
A splash of wing-orange and black.
Shore winds wished to give it back. 
To the white roses and sapphire sun
that swirled the garden sky-

It was forever dead.
Its soul having quickly fled...
its cage of silk and bone.

I whispered...

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in blankest hour of night, a monarch sashays on winged dance...flaming the sky.


Contest of PD A:In One Line ( Monoku #8)
2/23/2016...

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William the First was our last king to come uninvited
though invincible armadas have sometimes been sighted.

Foreign kings were imported in cases of doubt.
Native kings had the habit of getting thrown out.

In the War of the Roses none tipped the scales
till the fray was joined by...

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The Land of Thunder Dragon,
The blest estate of saviour Guru Rinpoche;
The Last Shangri-la reigned by prophesied Wangchucks lineage;
Mighty Palden Mahakaley,the redeemer of the Dragon Power,
Sacred constitution,the holder of peace and order;
Graceful Jekhenpo,the guardian of religious theology
Ye all, the drums,the flute and the trombone bring,
Yellow and...

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The orb and sceptre, ring and crown
each with its cross adorned,
displayed the rule of Christ alone
to mark your fealty sworn. 
But stripped to simple linen gown
and hidden from this globe, 
for power to serve your earthly throne
the oil of heaven flowed. 

You sought to serve...

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