Butterfly History Poems

What's my name
(Muhammad Ali) 
By Michelle Morris
11/04/2021

I chose my own name and became a legend;
I refused to play your game and you tried to break...

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The Queen

The Queen has reigned for 70 years, 
she is quite a monarch, 
not a butterfly, 
but a beautiful woman. 

She is greatly admired by...

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little chrysalis
one day humbly , only  crawls
then grown  wings thus fly...

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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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Dark -thirty

I don't know what time it is. 
I know work ended, 
at least the place I get paid, 
to do the things they need...

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After enjoying a pleasant walk, I then spent an hour at a park,
And I relished the dulcet sounds, of cheery airborne skylarks.

The blooms were so...

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Here the loss:
Those visions that were fragments
Then, are sparkling now; 
And these same streets
I criss-crossed as a child
Helplessly filled with ghosts....

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A Blip Offering

I
we
they
and...

a show
a play
a picnic
an event

chaos
loss
grief
love
laughter

joy
connection
wisdom
truth

stranger
family
friend
soul mate

God


(free verse until it is no longer free...)...

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The History of Grown Children

When we are kids, 
we are told of God. 
It is easy to accept, 
a great Father in Heaven. 
No questions...

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Yesterday

We 
that can remember
keep-alive
those that have been forgotten,
in the small room,
the place in our hearts,
where God 
plants the best flowers,
and no tears…
fall....

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Slipping

What is expected
from perfection?
Do your best,
and none can find fault. 
The level of your challenge, 
needs to be higher,
than your attainable goal. 

Help others rise...

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7 Lies

We are friends.
One.
We are the same.
Two.
My family likes you.
Three.
We can hang out.
Four.

Stop…

Do you even know what a lie is?
Do you have any idea, 
what...

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Blue Sky

Rocks.
Deep in the ground. 
Pulled from the darkness
by the sweat of brave men, 
ever challenging the black. 

Holes in the ground that hold the...

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Garden Angel

My friend lives in a high rise, 
somewhere the other side of Manhattan. 
What does that even look like? 
She pays more money than...

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Timing

The man at church today preached. 
He took the bible, read it and learned. 
Then he came and taught something…
He helped me, 
to understand,
how I,...

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