Butterfly Girlfriend Poems

Many years ago,
girls wore girdles.
The tight uncomfortable things,
they held one in tight.
One summer's night,
I snuck my girlfriend out.
We were off on a double date,
a night...

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This is the story of poor old Jimmy Carew,
He worked for the brewery and drank special brew.
Jimmy drove the horse and trap with a twinkle...

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I've watched you brush off flies for years
Sometimes allowing them to linger and feed off your sweetness
Sometimes swatting them into splattered spots

I am happy to...

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My friend of purple shades of beauty
green thumbed with spring eyes
herself a spring flower in bloom
withstanding the storms of life and mind
too bloom with such...

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Even when she is away by miles,
Everyday I'm missing her smiles,
Afraid when my messages piles,
But ain't seeing any of her replies,
Her love flies to me...

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Manic pixie dream girl
by americus


It is me, your MPDG
Float like a butterfly sting like a bee
Sting like heroin in your veins
Have you ever seen such...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Longing

Little mermaid on the rock, 
Wishing and wondering, 
What it would be like, 
just to walk?

Little girl in a chair, 
riding around on wheels of...

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True love
when you fell like you can't speak that could be a sign of true love 
when your limbs get heavy around someone you like...

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I Came By…
(to see you)

You don’t see me. 
I see you, every day. 
I am afraid to say hello. 
You may say good-bye. 

I just...

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You took my love
Gently in your hands
Like a butterfly; 
Then you plucked off
One of the wings
And laughed as it flopped 
Upon the ground....

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Author Dana Redricks
November 11, 2017

You make feel like a refreshing breeze
On a summers day
You make feel, like a warm blanket
When I am wrapped, in your...

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you wore large hoop earrings
and platform shoes
plaid gouchoes
a white shirt with a butterfly collar
standing at the corner
sucking on a lollipop
you bought at the candy lady
in...

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A CFO chased cheaper resumes
into my severance of free days.
Safe in winter with my kids and Blue’s Clues,
til Spring brought out the perks of community...

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 The moths in my lungs have left their cage--
They're in my heart.
Oh--
Those are butterflies. ...

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