Safe and Sound
...chrysalis tears
meconium oozes
soft wings cling
butterfly’s
pupal fluid
red like blood
caterpillar and chrysalis
combine to change
ugly duckling to swan
first flight
like a...
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Categories:
pupal, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Sanctuary
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“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator.”
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Categories:
pupal, abuse, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Upmteenth Re Inspection Revisited
...Upmteenth (re:) inspection revisited...
I experience dread-nought
until April 19th, 2022 becomes yesterday
when troubles with management
here at Highland Manor
hoop fully temporarily alleviate...
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Categories:
pupal, 12th grade, adventure, angst,
Form: Free verse
Because It's Spring
...Cluster of snowflakes turn into flowers here;
The pristine white bed of the earth turns green;
Time to halt, hibernation of grizzly bears
and the pupal stage of monarch and queen;
And the chirpin...
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Categories:
pupal, animal, beauty, spring,
Form: Ottava 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:
pupal, chicago, grandchild, imagery, love,
Form: Free verse
What Did We Do Wrong
...A small caterpillar was questing for the food
It entered the obscure region to search
Fortunately a man escorted the kid
and kept it in a box to end its quench
It was like a bolt from the blue ...
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Categories:
pupal, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
Myoscopic Interaction
...to wrap you around in one.
the grand pupal descension.
a bite of summertime,
of falling.
to take a silent pause.
page filled with imagined
detailed scenarios.
memories.
left to the viewer ...
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Categories:
pupal, love,
Form: Verse
For Joy
...So you shall not be disappointed again
So you shall not search this tree still in vain
I've left no flowers here, but more mature
Their fruits love laden to the liquid core
Where swims the litany...
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Categories:
pupal, dedication, loveme, sweet, me,
Form: Sonnet