Papillon Poems | Examples


papillon

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
Categories: papillon, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPapillon Perserves 2

cranial cocoon
caterpillar compromise
butterfly escape
perseverance frames our time
the mind's eye unlocks freedom.
Categories: papillon, abuse, analogy, anger, angst,
Form: Tanka


Premium MemberPapillon Perserves

cranial cocoon
caterpillar compromise
butterfly escape
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 discovered the linn falling indistinctly, 

O beautiful butterfly,

Have you at all seen the winsome nature,

And felt totally satisfied,

To realise that life is just an unforeseen adventure.
Categories: papillon, adventure, butterfly, imagery, imagination,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPapillon

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Just a little Scribble 
Papillon is "Butterfly" in French

~ Upon wings, moments are Magical ~
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 life 
Never stopping to question reasons why 

Performing her duty, her inner need
Accomplishing with little or no strife
The short but sweet life of this (Monarch) butterfly
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
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 beauty derived

from all that consumed me




Death too shall dance in the skies

sweetly seducing the butterflies

thier wings shall flutter to the ground

hugging my decompsed soul

For all of eternity
Categories: papillon, beauty, life, sad,
Form: I do not know?

Premium MemberPapillon

Fragile wings calling
Living life in the moment
Beauty unaware
Categories: papillon, introspection, life
Form: Senryu
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