Butterfly Places Poems

To phylum Ocimum basilicum belongs basil,
Into genus, Corylus included the plant hazel;
If purslanes, cattails, chickweeds, and wild carrots have their base,
Why can't I, in the...

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Exhilaration!
Feet pounding windswept pavements
people thrilled to run.
Red butterflies in tandem-
Invigorated heartbeats.

Day to satin night
on every viable route
energetic youth!
Pretty, fleeting scenery
like rosy days going by....

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I sat quietly staring out the porthole window
As we were passing over a village in the low hills
A cumulus cloud casting over its ominous shadow
Far...

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“When thoughts cease to flow ~                   ...

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I  cannot recall my very first place 
as a baby I did not know my home; 
a new baby's room dressed with pretty lace...

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For Uncle Virgil

Even here there is a sound like the rushing of wind
all day long from the freeway that wasn't there
    ...

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Dancing vibrant hues
Blink in shades of blue
Peafowl, A majestic bird
Our nation's pride

Peacock -  Pride of India
Come, visit and enjoy
All are welcome, yeah!!!

Yellow sturdy physique
On...

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Who are the individuals who make up this crowd,
As they are off to their various destinations,
Preoccupied with living in the thrill of pastime,
Their wandering paths...

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Oh the places you’ll go when you find our right self
You will become a pirate, a butterfly, shoe making elf.
You will travel to Europe, you’ll...

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Let's travel and see what we can see,                 ...

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Butterfly Cinquain

Seaside
speaks harmonies
turquoise-emerald hues
blissful coral passions emerge
to kiss 
the heavenly cotton nimbus
that sails in bluest skies
light revelry
in bloom.

...

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After Glow

The pumpkin pie is steaming in the oven, 
just exactly right for the evening dessert. 
A sweet remembrance of all things...
that have happened since...

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To Heaven

My Lord, my King, 
my Sovereign Father, 
mercy and grace.
The finest flowers for the 
hour of Your birth. 

Lost are the souls born of...

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wild honeysuckle

entice butterflies and bees

on pasture fences

May 23, 2018


Summer haiku Contest by Mick Talbot
Second Place...

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Question persists in the back of my head,
What do I see when through windows I look?
I see the nature, its hilltops, a brook,
Glideth like snake...

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