Why are Butterflies so Beautiful?
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From the drab green-brown worm of caterpillars and pupae,
Emerges the phosphorescent butterfly so pleasing to the eye!
But, why oh why, are butterflies so superbly colorful,
That we admire the...
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Categories:
pupae, butterfly, nature,
Form: Couplet
The Stench of Insomnia
...THE STENCH OF INSOMNIA
narcoleptic deities in charge of the world
are tangled and detangled in the threads of time
they are sardonic and bitter and out for revenge
alien me...
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Categories:
pupae, addiction, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Song of The Adonis Blue Butterfly No 12: AABB
...Colorful butterflies, shadow's midst light,
impressively, true blue male hue, in spite
of the female shadows in a brown hue,
yet, it's the white margin, brilliant sky blue
the wing topper real sh...
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Categories:
pupae, allusion, analogy, beautiful, butterfly,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Song of The Multicolored Malay Lacewing Butterfly No 11: ABBA
...Tropical Impressionist ascenders,
colorist defenders were everywhere,
Multicolored Malay Lacewings ... there,
added ambiance to the fanfare years,
the species are restricted to forest
reserves d...
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Categories:
pupae, allusion, analogy, appreciation, butterfly,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Tranmutation
...Written 12 December 2023
Transmutation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
Transmutation
Whether transmutation of energy
Is a...
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Categories:
pupae, humanity, life, men, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Nileah
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Nile beams as proud Mother of the land,
it's benefactory, gland.
Rushes to tend, to lend her foster
fauceted facet of hand-maidening
brand of bands in bend.
Oasic endow'n.
Matriarch, lif...
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Categories:
pupae, art,
Form: Ode
Cautious Frogs
...frogs and pupae dip
Into the filthy fathoms.
When birds sit on roofs...
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Categories:
pupae, analogy, bird, fish,
Form: Haiku
Friend of Mine
...She, the friend of mine
Who perfectly reads my mind
Makes my perturbed brain shine
When I lose hope,
She unveils pupae of moths
And widens the scope
When I am sad
She creates r...
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Categories:
pupae, analogy, metaphor, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Covid
...COVID
A cocoon starts. Thick membranes of tissue encompass yourself. Gathering and condensing molecules and listening to life.
This skin, its filled with strains of a virus and craves the crevice ...
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Categories:
pupae, america, anxiety, beauty, birth,
Form: Free verse
Pri Madonna Primed
...'Like the silence that screams, cursing solitude...
whispers of faith sing patiently with prayers.'
(Quoted by Regina Mc Intosh)
Hung suspended from hive rafters hexagonal
Leader L...
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Categories:
pupae, absence, abuse, betrayal, blessing,
Form: Terza Rima
The Silkworm's Birthday
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"The Silkworm’s Birthday"
Mulberry leaves flutter in the breeze
Kookaburra brave Joker bluffs a sky blue breast
Drops one feather for a qu...
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Categories:
pupae, chicago, grandchild, imagery, love,
Form: Free verse
Haibun
...AT ONE WITH NATURE
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The sun shines, brightly lights my day. My garden verdant many hues of green. Greater speedwell, resilient, blooms no matter the season. Late spri...
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Categories:
pupae, garden, nature,
Form: Haibun
The Butterfly
...Enroling you a worm (cumbersome and)
hairy, you- scimitar of leaves
Knows the pain ,writhing pupae
Abandoned and convicted
Constricted hanging straightjacket
Squirming like a jackrabbit
Gagged...
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Categories:
pupae, angel, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Prince of the Night
...-PRINCE OF THE NIGHT-
As from a dreamlike state, I came into being.
Come forth- a voice said.
And in my Alpha brain my existence was born ,
and won...
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Categories:
pupae, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Butterfly Rap- For Contest
...(*Note- I suggest you read this with a boom box going in your head. Can you dig it?)
Yo,
Now gather round, my brothers ,settle down while I regale ya
with some tales about my lady from the kingd...
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Categories:
pupae, butterfly, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
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