Long Swallowtails Poems
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I love walking bare foot on freshly cut grass
Sitting under the shade tree while the day rolls on past
Listening to songbirds as swallowtails flutter by
Watching the sun set and the moon rising high.
You can bring a large blanket and a bottle of wine
If you also have cheeses that would be so fine
Kick off your shoes, lay your head in my lap,
I'll massage your temples as you take a nap.
I can play some sweet tunes from on app on my phone
The only thing better than being here is not being alone.
As long as we lay here, I've not a care in the world
I'm in my favorite place with my favorite girl.
Just two glasses of wine and I'm already feeling a buzz,
You ask, "Why did you kiss me?" I simply answer, "Because ...
... I love walking bare foot on freshly cut grass,
Sitting under the shade tree while the day rolls on past;
You brought out a blanket, some cheeses and wine,
I am feeling so happy, I am feeling so fine."
"Besides ... if I need an excuse for kissing my wife,
You're going to have to excuse me for the rest of my life.
Now finish that wine, take the last couple of sips,
Scootch a little closer and bring me those lips."
Amazing antiquated alluring alligators
Bending ballistic beyond belief barbells
Crushing curious crimson crucial crocodiles
Delighting dark dank daring darling dwarfs
Enormous eager elegant elephants equally excited
Feeling frisky, ferocious, fervently, fanatically fine.
Green gators goading gregarious grievous gargoyles
Hyped up hungry hippos happily hurrying and heading
Into illustrious inlets, ignoring ignorant iguanas.
Jealous jumping jaguars juggle jagged jade jewels,
Kosher kicking kangaroos kill koalas with kindness
Laughing loons languish luxuriously and lightly
Meaningful monkey mascots masticate meaty meatballs
Nevertheless, nefarious needle noses nest in the north.
Opportune opportunists ostracize osprey and ostriches.
Pathetic purple porpoises propose to propel pouting princess.
Queen quickly and querulously questions this
Respectful, responsible, roughnecks readily respond rapidly.
Sadly sensuous swallowtails sing seriously and solemnly.
Taking terrific tubs of time to think
Understanding unilateral Unitarianism
Verifying various variegated varmints who vegetate
While willing whales wish worm water would wander away.
Xavier's ‘Xacting ‘xpecting ‘xtra ‘xams
Young youthful yellow yaps and yips
Zing zanily and zestily into this zealous zebra zoo.
They slip in unnoticed
just below the burning rays of the sun solstice
lighting on the last flowers of summer bare,
sweet nectar wafting in the heavy laden air,
colors brilliant, glowing, coy
orange black monarchs and viceroys,
great spangled fritillary yellows and whites,
tiger swallowtails in yellow black stripes,
California sisters, red admirals, blues, skippers,
silent and stealth like they come on windy clippers
floating and flittering in mid-August dance,
waltzing on the warm light breeze tree branch,
eye-catching, dainty lace winged soarers,
quick and slow in flight flutterers scorers,
enticed by flowered whispers between thorn and nettles
painted ladies hovering in place on petals
mourning cloakers, dark gray stokers with blended color palettes,
rudders navigating windy turns and landings on salads,
southern dogfaces heading south in transition
migratory lives gathering in submission
to climatic phenomena seen on the window pane
tempered by the sun, the surf, and rain
waving goodbye to the northern lights
hello to the southern fields and forests cool nights.
In the middle of the night,
when the butterflies
dance to the moon's song,
I create constellations
with the map of my soul,
allowing astral lights
across feathery skies
to guide my chrysalis
heart back to an avenue
of cosmic reveries.
I lay in a bed of
delicate petals,
and dream-catchers
designed in emerald
swallowtails.
They remind me
of how I found my home
in the gossamer warmth
of your lunar
struck presence.
And when sirens echo,
across silent seas,
distant muse ebb and
flow symphonies of
mystical mermaids-
grieving at the
outskirts of
bioluminescent shores.
For in your absence,
I long to hear your voice,
as the crystal clear
crescent glimmers,
amidst the fragile truth,
floating above
a flurry of glass-winged
jitters, that camouflage
with hypnotic tales
lost in the air.
Tonight I’ll lock
my pollen dusted
dreams in slumberland..
where peacock pansies
interwoven with
pastel peonies,
would be tucked
beneath sweet
scented sheets..
Your love is the
perennial blanket
to all my
nocturnal fears,
as hieroglyphic runes
of life rhapsodize
a lyrical elixir for the
shifting spheres,
whilst change is cloaked
in mellifluous hues,
unraveling a choir
of nature,
orchestrating a
celestial chorus-
to illustrate
cloudless mornings.
My happy butterflies
Bright yellow wings, scalloped in velvety back, are fluttering
In the mellow morning air,
Dancing in happy search of nectar on a purple,
sweet scented clover bud.
Joined by his mate, equally wondersome decorated.
They greet each other in a joyful dance.
“Follow me, I know of a fragrant, red butterfly weed blossom
over here-- come on!”
“Oh yes, I like this! Now come and taste this gorgeous orange-
painted Zinnia.”
“Why, thank you, it’s quite good, I like it too!”
A goldfinch is clinging to a swaying milkweed,
but it does not bother the frolicking couple,
It takes to the air, swooping further down the colorful meadow,
While my happy Swallowtails found a rain puddle.
“Ah, this is just what we need , a cool drink,”
they smile.
Deep in my thoughts, floats a harmonious strain -
Cuckoos singing soulful melody,
Blossoms of Magnolia, array of budding Jinias,
Marigolds beaming to a dawn golden sun,
I return to you, with all my hues,
From a serene blissful childhood !
Purple Hibiscus with velvety petals,
Zestful creepers sprawling on the quaint fence,
Mesmerizing tall branches of serene evergreen,
With Tricksy Swallowtails,Redbreast Robin merrily whistling,
Hummingbirds chirp ebullient songs,
Little bushy squirrels excitedly search for nuts.
Spreading grand colourful wings, butterflies kiss the blushing flowers,
Messages from bees, buzzing a delightful tune,
Large leaves of Willow create a comforting shade underneath,
Leaves rustle with murmuring wind reminding secret footsteps.
Lush green abundant grass, softest to tread,
I offer you a refuge - of solitude, of reflections,
Of retrospection.
Ferns, encircling radiant Rose bushes,
Create a tender haven of love,
Dainty shrubs besides the path lead to a fairy land,
Forming an oasis beyond imagination.
A dreamland, a perfect recluse for poetic bliss,
Wish you and I were here together eternally!
For Petals, Buds, Blossoms, Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Poetry Contest
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Frothy lacy Queen Anne ’s lace
Majestically surveys her field
The grasshoppers are flying today
Clipping onto tall grasses to launch themselves
Monarchs glide past; she preens, hoping one will stop.
She catches a young one, who strokes her appreciatively.
The yellow swallowtails are next, two of them
They flit as if they are in beginning throes of flirtation.
She watches them fly off, landing together on a daffodil.
Daffodil sometimes has a temper, but seems in good spirits today
Frog hops past on his way to the pond; strokes her feet.
She is glad it is not a snake; they tend to tickle too much as they glide by.
The sun is in the perfect spot today. It is gorgeous out here.
Wild strawberries in their tiniest form look up at her.
She gives them a loving glance; they are too hard to be eaten.
There is a new purple violet pushing her way toward the sun.
Life is grand in the field.
She feels loved and comforted.
No lawn mowers or tractors yet.
She is ever so grateful.
Amazing antiquated alluring alligators
Bending ballistic beyond belief barbells
Crushing curious crimson crucial crocodiles
Delighting dark dank daring darling dwarfs
Enormously elongated elves effortlessly enthusing eagles
Feeling frisky, ferocious, fervently, fanatically fine.
Green gators goading gregarious grievous gargoyles
Hyped up hungry hippos happily hurrying and heading
Into illustrious inlets, ignoring ignorant iguanas.
Jealous jumping jaguars juggle jagged jade jewels,
Kosher kicking kangaroos kill koalas with kindness
Laughing loons languish luxuriously and lightly
Meaningful monkey mascots masticate meaty meatballs
Nevertheless, nefarious needle noses nest in the north.
Opportune opportunists ostracize osprey and ostriches.
Pathetic purple porpoises propose to propel pouting princess.
Queen quickly and querulously questions this
Respectful, responsible, roughnecks readily respond rapidly.
Sadly sensuous swallowtails sing seriously and solemnly.
Taking terrific tubs of time to think
Understanding unilateral Unitarianism
Verifying various variegated varmints who vegetate
While willing whales wish worm water would wander away.
‘Xacting ‘xpecting ‘xtra ‘xams
Young youthful yellow yaps and yips
Zing zanily and zestily into this zealous zebra zoo.
Georgia Brown
1898-1914
We were the deathless dream dancers
The crazy girls with secrets and surprises!
Me and Nellie and Trudy and Olive.
We waited monthly for the full midnight moon
Waited with no words uttered
Our secret times together,
Times and moments never mentioned or known about,
By everyone we knew and did not know,
Except by us, the crazy girls
The deathless dream dancers, barefoot
With satin ribbons in our braids,
We joined smooth perfumed hands and fingers
In old Clark Cemetery
Across Citrus Road over there,
As our sleepy snoozing town dreamed unawares,
And we danced silently, gracefully, freely,
As with the monarchs and the tiger swallowtails
Fluttering in the summer sunlight of our audacious youth,
Our sheer cotton dresses,
Lifting them up, and letting them fall,
Again and again and again,
From the Hadley tombstone, and
Around the standing procession of desert palm trees
Around and around and around,
All the way over to the Hardy gravestone,
Me and the crazy girls!
We, the deathless dream dancers,
Keepers of secrets and surprises,
Saw something in the moon shadows there,
Something no one else has ever seen!
Yes, we saw the smile of Sappho
Carved with the knife of God
On the stone sepulcher of Roscoe Settle!
Wild Cherries
A giant snowball in springtime
From twenty yards out the sound and smell
Closer now; breathing her numbing scent
Listening to the drowsy hum
of greedy and jealous bees
forced to share her bounty
with Tiger and Zebra Swallowtails
School will be out soon...
Memorizing every branch within reach
Her limbs are just low enough
for a boy to scramble up quickly
fleeing imaginary monsters
still lurking and prowling below
Taking ignorant and blissful advantage
of this daughter of the wild; his protector
His big sister to run to...
Shiny and slippery black bark
that oozes burgundy sap
which dries in animal shapes
Summer twilight is coming
Bats twittering overhead
chasing nasty mosquitoes
A noise echoing from far off
A door slamming maybe...
Tucked safely away in his favorite pew
(Naughty boy, eating during church!)
sampling her forbidden fruit
sweet and sour...half is seed
Thieving Blue Jays get the most
Screaming and scolding arrogantly
yet flying away unpunished
Grannny will make jelly...
Oh everlasting Father, creator of all things
He knows that heaven is far beyond the grasp
of a feeble and fumbling mortal mind
But when You decide to send Your beloved Son
back to rule the earth for one thousand years
If he is judged worthy to be in that count
May one humble servant say if it's like this
that would be just fine...
Copyright © Tim Ryerson | Year Posted 2009
This poem Titled "Wild Cherries" was written by Tim Ryerson on 08/12/2009 Tim was a wonderful poet who could write just about any form that came along... he was a kind soul and wonderful poet who passed away in 2018, gone but not forgotten!