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Steppin' OutSalmon skies rise in the peripheral east
Steely clouds linger then slowly dissipate
Nightfall wanes, as the wide blue canvas brightens
Light lifts the mood, on a summer’s day we’ll feast
In afternoon’s heated blanket we’re caressed
Umbrella blooms shade,...
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Categories:
butterfly, farewell, summer, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme
kaleidoscope
kaleidoscope
of butterflies fluttering
wings around blossoms.
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Categories:
appreciation, butterfly,
Form: Senryu
Down A Path With NatureQuote By Poet: "Morning arrives when the brilliant sun first kisses the earth."
A new morning is now arriving
the brilliant sun first kisses...
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Categories:
butterfly, dance, flower, joy,
Form: Free verse
Different CirclesShadows like a life that hides upon
The butterfly effect on the pond—
By young twilight, coming through a shriek,
Nettle of the stillness changed and gone.
From my shadow self, her meeting's gauze,
Similarly a rippling cause,
The secrets shadow...
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Categories:
beauty, butterfly, change, deep,
Form: Rubaiyat
ButterfliesButterflies are a magical magentic wonder of our world's skies
In many ways they are not dissimilar to us coming in all different colours categories configurations and size.
Butterflies can't see their own wings they never know...
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Categories:
butterfly, insect, nature, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
ExpectationsExpectations and like the many changing faces.
We are constantly trying to fit the best one to put on.
I constantly try to adjust one side and keep one's truth hidden deep inside.
Embedded in...
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Categories:
butterfly, grief, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Daffodil DreamsBurgundy breaths beside blue brook
Floating in air nearby
blonde ambition natural ammunition
Butterfly wings dipping sipping
Daffodils dreams of yellow and cream
Nectar refreshing little tongue
Soaking drinking glowing from gold sun
Tummy full and finally free
To catch...
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Categories:
butterfly, 2nd grade, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Butterfly wingsButterflies flutter
But tear drops fall
I see you and my heart races
But so does my head...
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Categories:
anxiety, butterfly, crush, love,
Form: Free verse
A Grind
grinding sausage
grinding teeth
grinding pepper
grinding ground beef
elbow...
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Categories:
beauty, butterfly, conflict, summer,
Form: Couplet
SEESee
…a monarch butterfly’s
silently
fast fluttering wings
flickering shadows
breaking
sunbeams…
—
(with inspiration from
Darlene DeBeaulieu’s poem “The Rain”)
(c) sally young eslinger 7/9/2024
Thanks to...
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Categories:
butterfly, flying, imagery, summer,
Form: Imagism
A Rough and Ready WriteThe sun is up and coming in the morning,
The moon is waving me a sad goodbye,
The dawn of our solution,
Is cleaning our pollution,
With optimal collusion as we fry.
I wonder as I wander in the sun...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, bird, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
Black Butterflyblack butterfly rash
feel like deflated balloon
lupus flare is back...
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Categories:
angst, butterfly,
Form: Senryu
The Poison ButterfliesHave they heard
The flutter of bright wings
The birds are too scared to sing
All the crumbles
Of leaves on the trees
When it’s not fall has everyone wondering
Why is the world deciding to fall
Why are there many wings...
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Categories:
butterfly, earth, nature,
Form: Lyric
Rainforest Biking: ButterfliesI see butterflies
In various shapes and colors
Flapping over me....
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Categories:
appreciation, beauty, butterfly, nature,
Form: Senryu
LillianLillian's Echo
Lillian’s Echo
In the dayroom’s dim embrace, Lillian sat—a survivor etched in time. The air clung to stories, whispered secrets, and the lingering scent of suffering. She, the one-character legend, spun her tales—prose blabber, raw...
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Categories:
butterfly, absence, allegory, allusion, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
Specific Types of Butterfly Poems
Definition | What is Butterfly in Poetry?
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