This Purple King
...So rare and elusive is the Purple Emperor butterfly
His hue allied to royalty; his nickname is His Majesty
With rather filthy habits like devouring flesh and dung
Despite his royal epithet; no cer...
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Categories:
nymphalidae, butterfly, flying, purple,
Form: Rhyme
Butterfly Dream
...I had a dream that I was a butterfly
winged iridescent; my life would flutter by
as I was dreaming a dream of a dream of
my own lepidopteron being above.
Hither and thither I flightily flitted,...
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Categories:
nymphalidae, beauty, dream, image, inspiration,
Form: Ekphrasis