Butterfly Betrayal Poems

My Maria, I feel you here with me
My Maria you were more than a friend yet I gain 
A sister I know longer have here,

My...

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There's a false chord in the lullaby.
There's a dagger in the hand.
There's a stinger in the butterfly.
There's a scorpion in the sand.

There's harshness in the...

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Scientists describe it as an event
In the hot paradise of Key West

Condos festivals hotels
Dancing feet under bells of lights
I’ve sung Margaritaville there
Myself

Beneath the docks

Pan fish...

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He yelled at me in Ewe, my friend.
I asked him to calm down.
Such an accent, powerful and forceful,
It fired me up, igniting a desire:
Passionate love...

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A wild green mass

Full of flowers and butterfly's 

Full trees, bushes and grass 

But then it all dies 

A dark, lost world 

Polluted beyond repair...

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Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow?

The following extrapolated 
thought thread exercised,
NOT utilized to intimate 
how Fats Domino belied,
and wowed a crowded...

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     " In titanium haze of love,
             truth is...

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Oh, friend once close, in passion's fiery dance, 
Now vanished, like a fleeting specter's chance.
Our paths diverged, collided in fierce fray, 
A tempest of rejection,...

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I'm an enlightened 
equinox, strolling in
faded universe, 
dreaming poetry in
susurrus serenades 
of rustling 
ruby-leaves which
whisper cool 
beamish hues
to my autumnal-
quartz heart, 
when the nucleus 
of...

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In silence we admire the splendor of our universe,
surrounded by breathtaking scenery ever so diverse.
Golden Sun, pale moon and silver stars animate an artist's mind,
whilst...

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You have forgotten who I am
You, who held my hand
And led me to the waters of the world
When I was but a girl

You did not...

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A whistling toad is an abomination to the soul and a barking dog is enough to start the brawl; the wind cannot keep still because...

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© Francis Maugo

Lost in the Echo, a tale unfolds,
Of Angelimo at University of Nairobi, her story holds.
Amidst the halls of knowledge, she sought her way,
But...

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In a heart where loathing dwells,
Where games are played so sly,
Who has come and who foretells,
And when will truth outvie?

If the light within won't glow,
And...

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Walking in the grass,                     ...

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