Long Monarch butterfly Poems

Dog Daze
by Michael R. Burch

Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.

I think Oz was made to love
from the...

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I saw Pop sitting just outside the veranda, slumped over in his wheelchair, his limp left arm tied to the chair’s railing.  He looked up and waved with his good hand.  “Sara!” he...

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I’ve been programmed to believe in your unstable, callous ways
I’ve been a monarch butterfly, soaring through the fields these days
I want you to release the tension from my heart of captivity's vanity
I want you to...

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You got roasted the moment I walked away from your reach 
Everyday, I wish I could be at the sundrenched beach...
What about you practice what you preach 
Be very careful what you teach 
Because what...

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Dog Daze II: Poems about Dogs

Epitaph for a Lambkin
by Michael R. Burch

for Melody, the prettiest, sweetest and fluffiest dog ever

Now that Melody has been laid to rest
Angels will know what it means to be blessed.

Amen

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The...

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The Monarch Who Thought He Was King

Once there was a butterfly
	who fluttered by a gate. 
The gate was closed, that’s when he said, 
	“O shucks, now I’ll be late!” 
He danced and pranced and shouted...

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Faustus was a very curious man
Obsessed with burning desire  
To feel see and to understand
The secrets of God’s universe
He was not afraid to make a deal
With the power that can make him feel
Standing on...

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Walking.....
I was walking...
Like I have done every morning
since we moved into this neighborhood.

I stepped back and my sight caught a radiant monarch butterfly...
It had four broad colorful wings, and very 
distinguishable from other butterflies I...

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It’s 5pm and sunny in Ohio, 40 degrees
and dropping,
by dusk it will be grey turning to red
then black.

Where is the oyster shell now?
The heavenly picture
of a pale spume-tickled .
An unmarried Tudor lady
applies more cosmetic beeswax
to...

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I'm walking through a beautiful meadow,
The long, tall grass has a tint of yellow.
In the middle, there's a hill,
Should I climb it? I think I will.
On the top sits a willow tree,
It's branches hanging peacefully.
I...

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I walk through the wooded area near my home where a monarch butterfly greets me. I watch it as it swims into the air, letting it eddy beneath her wings. She dances past me with...

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I had so much going on in my life

         and that hasn't changed after you left
           ...

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I see a beautiful monarch butterfly
Gliding up in the backdrop of sky
Widespread wings caressed softly
By the sun and kissed by the wind
Arresting beauty of the universe
In the fleeting geometric pattern
Suspends me in numb awe

I see...

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My son Zach, I miss you so, your undying laughter, lust for life,
My son Zach, I miss your heartfelt love for everyone who met you,
My son Zach, I miss you racing your car around the...

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Is a dream really a dream, or is it not as it seems?
Is a fantasy just a majesty of colored day beams?

To be in the shadows always brought forth trepidation,
but I opened my eyes to...

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Nature's Treasures

A fleeting monarch butterfly greets me on my walk,
Fluttering about, the exquisite orange and black colour,
The conversation subtle and delightful,
Landing on a branch of green leaves of a bush,
I continue and i am blessed...

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I have lived a long life of 86 years,
now I relive my past memories of hopes and dreams
when I was young and thoughts of success abounded
as well as lascivious ideas of encounters with sex

Sitting beside...

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My words are one, and mine alone, there nor right or wrong,  just are mine to own, 
Nobody can take them away,  only I can have word on what I say or feel....

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3 Monarch butterflies, her spirit still lives on
3 Monarch butterflies show me she’s not really gone
3 Monarch butterflies flying through the wind
To take me back to somber days where she speaks to me again

I’ll always...

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Priceless gifts, priceless times with those you love,
What comes to mind when you think of those two phrases?
Is it spending time on cell phones,  computer, I pad?
If it is, then that's too bad,
Because you...

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I climbed the aging stairs
to the quaint room of lavender and dream
through decrepit cobwebs and blackened dust
I began to search in a pressing need

For, in this room of distant memories
my heart cried out to relive
a...

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I was out in Deborah’s garden the other day when what should catch my eye
flitting from flower to flower but a monarch butterfly.

A walk through Deborah’s flower garden is brimming with surprises…
Like when that monarch...

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She closed her hand over it
Tightly, oh, so tightly
Wanting to keep it
THIS TIME
She wouldn't let it fly away
As the others had done before

She felt the beating of butterfly wings
Against the inside of her palm
She giggled
Taking...

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“Field of Butterflies”


Lost in the vast darkness of always confusing battles in my head
Not sure which way to roam or just crawl like a child unafraid of anything
Seeking for anything that would guide me into...

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April brings in the overcast darkened skies,
and wet days yet to come.
    Rainy days linger, and don't allow the 
slightest peek, from the rising sun.

    A beautiful Monarch butterfly...

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