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Poems About Butterflies and Bees
Poems about Butterflies and Bees



Flight
by Michael R. Burch

It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...



Album
by Michael R. Burch

I caress them—trapped in brittle cellophane—
and I see how young they were,...

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Categories: hit the road, animal, butterfly, flying, insect, sky, wind,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Chapter 73 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Historical Hakims' Hit the Road
10 o'clock am the morning 
Quest: A country side bike ride.
Molly woke Dolly and Damian.
Woke Everyone on that July 
Morning of 2038. They had a Bicycle 
Expedition to tend to plus a newly
Minted swimming pool...

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Categories: hit the road, cancer, missing you, nonsense, rude, scary, visionary,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Chapter 64 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen- Vacation Xiv
Damian Stood with the front 
Door opened and said,  "Family! 
We will be leaving in fifteen 
Minutes. Do whatever you have
To before we hit the road. Use
The bathroom whatever! 
Come on!! HAKIM!! About 7
minutes...

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Categories: hit the road, bridal shower, business, chanukah, child, devotion, father
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Chapter 107 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Family Festive Fountain Market Jamboree
Date:  January  2046

8:45 am  in the Damian Domaine 
Some are sleeping some are peeping
What are we eating? Said Molly to
Dolly. "What ever we can?" She replied 
While still sleepy eyed checking
Supplies. So...

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Categories: hit the road, child, chocolate, confidence, family, father son,
Form: Alliteration
Uncle Arthur
‘She’s on again - the annual campin’ trip regatta,
and we’ve got ourselves together for our plans to Wonnangatta. 
The high country; you can’t beat it for the peace and quiet
unless of course some plans get...

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Categories: hit the road, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Gossip On the Bus
‘Bout 8:15 this morning, on the bus that I was riding, I overheard a woman tell some gal it seemed she knew,
Her pastor - reverend Bishop - and a “tacky looking woman” we’re spotted leaving...

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Categories: hit the road, funny, humor,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Car Show - Both Audio and Text
We always spent the day before a show in preparation,
There always seemed so much to do to get the car in shape,
But all the work was worth it, (or at least we thought it was),
We’ve...

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Categories: hit the road, car, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Matsuo Basho New Haiku Translations
Matsuo Basho New Haiku Translations

Air ballet:
twin butterflies, twice white,
meet, match & mate
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch 

Denied transformation
into a butterfly,
autumn worsens for the worm
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch 

Dusk-gliding...

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Categories: hit the road, animal, death, earth, life, nature, philosophy, world,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Not What We Expected - 2nd Half of Text - Plus Full Audio
Here's the deal, folks...
   This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts. 
 ...

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Categories: hit the road, humor,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Our Favorite Antiques Shop - 2nd Half Text - Plus Full Audio
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts. 
   The 1st HALF can be...

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Categories: hit the road, travel,
Form: Narrative
Untitled
Skynard told me, when I was young
To live my life but to live a simple one
Lord knows I've tried but I took a different road
Life can be a mess or beauty can take your breath
But...

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Categories: hit the road, adventure,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Equalizer - Both Audio and Text
The “Equalizer”                          



Late last night, at Billy-Bob’s, this little dude...

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Categories: hit the road, humor,
Form: Verse
Attention
See them opening the doors to welcome you to the shore. See them opening the door, they are asking you for more. Get your business in line and make way for the divine, open up...

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Categories: hit the road, business, change, deep, england, environment, food, freedom,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Vagabond 1305
"If one has no planned destination - One can never be lost"  ~~The Poet~~

It was in the early winter when the frost had come before the snow.
That’s the time that we would see him,...

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Categories: hit the road, appreciation, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Way Side
They left their lovely home to fulfill a promise that was not found, one big happy family board up their house pack their luggage in the back of a truck and went in search of...

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Categories: hit the road, business, community, environment, international, nature, river, voyage,
Form: Narrative
Fair Weather Parents
“It’s all in a day’s work
 Tryin’ hard to defend
 The time that I spend alone.”
     ~ Chaka Khan, “What ‘Cha Gonna Do For Me” from the album  UNSUPPORTED CODE...

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Categories: hit the road, betrayal, childhood, family, home, longing, parents, vanity,
Form: Verse
Didn'T See It Coming, Part Iv
...Of course he had arranged it all
in a place where they’d find nothing,
the sports world mourned this ‘tragic death,’
police couldn’t find anything.

That opened up a murder spree,
though no one could see it as such,
he roamed...

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Categories: hit the road, confidence, corruption, dark, evil, psychological, science fiction,
Form: Narrative
Hitchiking Tales
April 30 In Search of America 1975 – Hitch hiking Tales

When I was young and foolish
Broke and stubborn 
I hitchhiked across the USA 

Started in Salt Lake City 
Where my greyhound bus pass 
Was stolen...

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© Jake Aller  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hit the road, travel,
Form: Free verse
Zen Death Haiku V
ZEN DEATH HAIKU V

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

A cat in heat
can't catch a mouse? —
pathetic! 
—Kinpu, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

It's getting to the point
of sucking on...

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Categories: hit the road, age, analogy, angst, animal, anxiety,
Form: Haiku
How To Read Your Pal's Mind
Getting confused between the two
Wondering what they think about you
Who thinks you are trustworthy friend 
And who thinks that you will bring his friendship to an end  
Although you can’t say what they are...

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Categories: hit the road, children, kids, friendship, funny, humor, joy, kid,
Form: Rhyme
Work In Progress 11
I guess it is time to tell how this leg of the journey
concluded.One day I was hanging out upstairs.Yeah I know,after all that talk about
the weird sounds coming from up there and actually seeing movement...

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Categories: hit the road, break up,
Form: Free verse
I'M the Knife
I said, “Take my hand, girl, let’s go for a ride.
You gotta choose soon, you gotta pick a side.
Pick me, the good, or pick them, the bad."
She said, "Babe, I pick you." That made me...

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Categories: hit the road, adventure, death, life, love, music, sad, song-happy,
Form: Lyric
Cars In Malaysia Part 1
Of Cars in Malaysia Part 1

In this part of the world where I am at, a motorcar is every somebody’s must have…
Simply because reliable and regular scheduled public transportations is not as we should ...

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Categories: hit the road, appreciation, car, community, environment, inspiration, people, urban,
Form: Narrative
The Principles On Southeast Center
I

how could i know him his eyes say
but my eyes reply which of us may speak to that
be busy in the house that needs fixing
despite histories in three
and homes as safe as the clicking of...

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Categories: hit the road, funeral, introspection, urban,
Form: Free verse
Eulogy of My Self-Worth
When I die, there will be no crying
                           ...

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Categories: hit the road, death, life, loss, family, family, me, time,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Reflection on the Important Things