Ladybird, Ladybird
Empress Ladybird lived in Moss Wood, in a huge, hollow of an oak tree;
In domestic comfort, with all her dear children, beyond the entry, leafy.
Empress and her mate had parted, when they'd resolved to move on;
However, she would live to love again, like spring when winter's gone.
Empress was all things that a ruler should be,
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Categories:
ladybird, children, family, fantasy, fire,
Form: Couplet
Coccinellidae: updated
coccinellidae
happiness personified
smiling with delight
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Categories:
ladybird, garden, insect, summer,
Form: Haiku
'ladybird,' the Prophetess
The wife of LBJ, known to all as 'Ladybird'
was famous for the following words
'Plant a tree, a shrub, or a bush'
She never dreamed they'd lead to
two more Texans in the White House
First the father, George Herbert Walker
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Categories:
ladybird, environment, irony, leadership, usa,
Form: Rhyme
The Ladybird
A ladybird landed, on my hand today,
And looked at me, in a peculiar way.
It stretched it’s legs, and opened its wings,
As birds flew by, soft melodies they’d sing.
“Excuse me sir?”, the ladybird squeaked,
“May I sit here?, it’s safety I seek!”.
I looked in shock, the ladybird spoke!
“I’m really tired, and I’ve lost my folk”.
“Of course you
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Categories:
ladybird, dream, funny, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Ladybug Blues
Early in the morning when the air was lying still
A ladybug was right outside, on my window sill.
"What the hell you looking at? I hope you get your fill.
Get on you little redhead, go find a daffodil".
Now I'm drinking at the pool and soaking up the grass,
Here comes the ladybug again and landed
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Categories:
ladybird, cute love, humor, hyperbole,
Form: Ballad
Will
He never once mentioned the pressure of his blood
or his Mam
I found dead on the floor
his Dad’s cancer
or his younger brother
not once, during the best years of my life
he fixed cars
with a pipe slowly smoking
a magician with gauges and valves
he drank small amounts of beer
most nights
talked of governments,
jays, woodpeckers and herbs
and fishing
he once caught a
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Categories:
ladybird, age, death, family, loss,
Form: Free verse
Ladybird Ladybug
wee Coccinella
xanthic petaled pedestal-
penny for your thoughts
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Categories:
ladybird, flower, insect, nature, red,
Form: Haiku
Sing Ladybird Sing
I hear birds sing
Beautifully they sing
With bliss they cheer the sun as it rises from the mountains
I hear them sing every hour of the morning
With confidence they sing their different melodies
Summer or winter spring or autumn
Still they sing
their music well tuned it has my ears open all the time
Their tone so smooth it
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Categories:
ladybird, august, autumn, spring,
Form: Epic
Mr Ladybird
This little fellow, sports a dashing suit
He’s covered in spots and looks quite cute
You can find him in summer on many a leaf
Chewing at the bad guys, with his little teeth
This tiny gardener keeps our plants clean
You’ll have to look carefully, or he won’t be seen
His flying skills are a wobbly delight
As he unfolds
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Categories:
ladybird, child, education, environment, kids,
Form: Rhyme
The Ladybird
The ladybird
A scarlet coated dome
Black dots glossy scattered few
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Categories:
ladybird, appreciation, insect, nature,
Form: Haiku
Ladybird
Gentle wisp of air
Flutter the ladybird's wings
Spring beckons, raindrops
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Categories:
ladybird, april, art, beauty, bird,
Form: Haiku
Ladybird
Pray tell haven't you heard
Of a well known legend named Lady Bird
Whom, they say, never ever spoke a word
Soon after she became one of the undead
In the midst of an ominous moon blood red
She sported a halo above her head
When she awoke from her dreams
Upon her back she'd sprouted wings
To fly away from
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Categories:
ladybird, fantasy,
Form: I do not know?
Fly Away Ladybird - Free Verse Contest
How about some free verse
That’s what Kim is asking for
Whatever my heart desires
What more could I ask, I know
Love maybe, so over subscribed
Nature is the same, hmm
How about the red ladybirds
In my garden they have a home
Did you know that from 2 spots
To 22 are on this little bug
Love to see them when
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Categories:
ladybird, nature,
Form: Free verse