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Papillon Poems - Poems about Papillon


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a glass magnifies small lapdog butterfly landing perfectly on a flat nose the glass pushes detail into a wide eye the picture is a thumbnail maximum enlargement knocks over it digital frame the butterfly is mottled yellow and brown a stand-out contrast to the black nose a background is a female hand in mid-flight we are all caught ...

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Categories: papillon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Papillon Perserves 2
cranial cocoon caterpillar compromise butterfly escape perseverance frames our time the mind's eye unlocks freedom....

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Categories: papillon, abuse, analogy, anger, angst,
Form: Tanka



Premium Member Papillon Perserves
cranial cocoon caterpillar compromise butterfly escape...

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Categories: papillon, depression, evil, humanity, prison,
Form: Haiku
O Beau Papillon
o beau papillon ~ o beautiful butterfly,   Have you whilom explored the inselberg, To descry its allure, And its rillets surge, To see the coruscating sun, And the meadows hushed afar, The zephyr whisking leisurely, Or the bodach with his old guitar, Have you at all espy the sapphire sky, And the clouds that move sedately, Peered inside the fathomless dale, And...

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Categories: papillon, adventure, butterfly, imagery, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Papillon
_______________ Just a little Scribble Papillon is "Butterfly" in French ~ Upon wings, moments are Magical ~...

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Categories: papillon, butterfly, inspiration, muse,
Form: Shape



Mademoiselle Papillon
Flittering along with gossamer wings She espied the lemony yellow rose Alighting gently, her place to repose Quietly, her thoughts vague whispery things She’d flown from up north where the cold wind stings Now basking in the sun’s glows Plants and shrubs in haphazardly strewn rows Resting, listening to natural things Searching miles for her nurturing milkweed Living to lay eggs, her purpose in...

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Categories: papillon, butterfly, life, seasons,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Papillon Sans Ailes
Un prisonnier Pas de guerre Tout ce que j'avais Cassé La terre tient mon cœur Elle tient mes mots Mais pas plus, il n’y a rien encore Cassé C’est facile Aussi c’est compliqué C’est facile quand je dis Pas compliqué, mais cassé Tout ce qui a été dit a été dit Je n'ai plus rien Plus de mots Plus de pensées Cassé La vie s’est passée...

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Categories: papillon, cry, imagery, poetry,
Form: I do not know?
Symphonie Du Papillon
The sadness of life eats me limb by limb No longer can I walk Tears flood my unmoving body I crumble under the burden of grey skies I lie rotting an afterthought The maggots that eat me shall one day fly high in the skies over the treetops butterflies with expansive golden wings shall dance and sing my dead eyes shall stare up their...

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Categories: papillon, beauty, life, sad,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Papillon
Fragile wings calling Living life in the moment Beauty unaware...

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Categories: papillon, introspection, life
Form: Senryu

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