Song of The Achillidesbianor Cramer Butterfly No 13: ABAB
...One of nature's pleasant, worthwhile assets,
Achillidesbianor Cramer, old
Latin a bearer of birth called, genus,
name, Chinese peacock, the Papilio
butterfly, Papilionidae lure
six pink bird-s...
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Categories:
papilio, allusion, analogy, appreciation, butterfly,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Papilio
...Wings in abeyance
motion untracked
Monarch in shadow
—darkness is back
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)...
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Categories:
papilio, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
The Dilettante Diaries: the Incubation and Metamorphosis of Ulysses
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This is a story about a Butterfly
She escaped the Boilermaker
Through transformation.
To transform required a period of incubation,
a need to sleep to dream and
the freedom of ...
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Categories:
papilio, courage, daughter, faith, inspirational
Form: Free verse
First Shower of Rain
...Warmth grows from the dense cold mist
Call of nightjars disguise the isolation
Majesty of the sun obscured by overcast dawn
Radiance of the bonfire dwindles and dies
Rampant raindrops fall freely...
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Categories:
papilio, bird, butterfly, nature, rain,
Form: Free verse