Short Flittering Poems

colorful and fast
flittering wings while feeding
       then gone in a flash...

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colorful and fast
     flittering wings while feeding
          then gone in a flash
...

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Flittering, floating on a breeze.
Disappearing before the freeze,
Return outward in spring to please....

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oak leaves flittering
goldfinches heard but not seen~

         sunshine ricochet 



12\30\2020...

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Flittering fantail,
With its cheerful little peep,
Turn me hypocrite.

(c)2016 PJ Bayliss
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Wood nymphs flittering;
All faerie wood emblazon;
Day lends length to night,
Impish pumpkins flicker winks;
As cats creep shadowed black....

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in the open air
cacophonous solitude ~
quiet containment

the pert butterflies
speckled and multicoloured ~
flittering about

2/16/2023
Spring Flower, Bird or Butterfly Haiku x 2
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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flying all day long
feeds entirely on insects...
fast-flittering flocks

SECOND PLACE WINNER
written March 14, 2022
for "Bird Haiku" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Tania Kitchin
5-7-5 syllables checked with HMS...

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In the unplumbed depths
of whales’ deep-held breaths
a singular shaft
fired with force from the aft
twists to it end.

Deep in the dark
where reality lies stark
a flittering thought
lies unexposed, distraught
awaiting the penetrating insight....

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kaleidoscope view
butterfly flittering floats
 suspended in the
~
 sky by your nectared 
plants ever so 
succulent flies and 
~
colorful  beauty
beautiful butterfly floats 
soars spectacular

8/14/23
Written words  by James Edward Lee Sr  2023...

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I dreamt I was a butterfly
Or was I
A butterfly dreaming

Floating, fluttering
In delightful staccato 
Up, up, down
Up, up, down

Bouncing, flittering

Dreams of spreading wings
Enrapture flowing
Free, fascinating

My soul
Enchanted

My heart 
Entranced...

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Like a little butterfly,
Flittering here and there,
Soaring delicately,
Through the tumultuous air,
Like a beautiful blue jay,
Singing and meandering effortlessly,
Sharing its song unawaringly,
Like the mighty wind,
Unbridled and free,
That’s how fanciful,
You were meant to be....

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                    twilight spectacle

           pageant of twinkling lanterns ~

                     flittering fireflies










                       May 23, 2019
          Writing Challenge 3, May 2019
                 Haiku Poetry Contest
                 Sponsor: Dear Heart

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Airy cistern reserves now spent
Each billowing mast folds its tent
Helios hurls his flaming trident
Through singed porthole flittering glint
Fiery sparks stream through each stent
Refracted waves in mercurial columns bent
Misty water colors shroud each gilded vent
Burnt orange truffles, golden ridges resplendent...

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Sandie's Moon Fairy 2

If ever I catch a moonbeam
I will put it in my hair
Where
It will sparkle and shine
Its light 
When its dark in the night
And the fairies will sing
And dance in a ring
 Fly up high
Flittering by
Weaving through 
Strands of silver 
They will shimmer
Glimmer, whisper a sigh
Then
Off they fly
Goodbye....

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Tonight I saw a moth
Flittering by the lamp post
On the steps where I sat
Reliving a horrible day
Trying to escape the past
But I can't
Part of me saw myself as that 
insect
Trying to find the light, the best 
me
The butterfly
Part of me felt diflated and 
broken
From the woman I was when I 
started
But I will soon fly away...

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caterpillar

                 green, young

 crawling, metamorphosing, molting

larva, silkworm, vertebrae, gossamer

       flittering, flapping, perching

             winged, iridescent

                    butterfly



Date written: 11/06/2022...

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one fine day they changed places
fireflies lit daytime shadows
while butterflies splashed the night
a shrewd color scheme

bright hues and exotic moon
flittering and fluttering
pure rapture under the stars
midnight was dreaming

the firefly shadows twinkled
above the enraptured blooms
the fervent day seemed to pause
in search of the moon...

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As the child rolled through a field of flowers
he spotted a butterfly flittering towards the sky
and thought he might grab the thing, sprout wings
and let the beauty carry him to heaven
he jumped and stretched out his little arms
but the insect had floated out of reach
and with a thud he fell back to the soil,
sobbing to the sun. 
But he had to try....

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A mist the dunes and parched clay
frolicking downwind,
like dust fairies flittering about.
The reflection of my humble youth
gleams most prominently.
The sun freckled lizards,
dart to and fro in the heat.
For this reason of being,
is simply to be.
The season beckons to be dealt fair,
and true in the maze of summer.
In this mid-life arena,
I gladly embrace my dry season...

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A blanket of flowers 
You place me upon
The scent of orchids 
Held in my arms

Looking downward from tower
Your king to my pawn 
Flittering of my eyelids
Deceived by your charm.

All consumed by your power
You spike the innocent fawn 
Yet I don't see the morbid
As you intend my harm.

If I was to cower
To never see another dawn 
Realize to late plans sordid 
Entrapped in late a con....

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Forever falling

As fireflies dance
amidst evergreen wishes
Lighting the skies
between soft stolen kisses
Flittering free
like the stars above shining
Lost in a moonbeam
our heartbeats entwining

On the horizon
the heavens are glowing
Star dust and shimmers
as romance is flowing 
Taking your hand while 
the evening is calling
In love with you I am 
forever falling...

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After the sinking crimson sun 
flushed fire on my hued horizon 
the satin night drizzled silver dust,
I floated on the cascading crescendo 
of your captivating cadence. 
Turning into a flittering firefly 
I made way on the moonbeam trail
to the firmament of your heart, 
kindling the sparkle of yearning, 
glowed together till the end of time.

February 20, 2021
Contest : All Yours (Feb 21)
Sponsor : Brian Strand...

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you are butterfly
 beauty stand you flittering 
you float you fly your 
~
transparent you were 
before the stained glass window 
passing the House of God
~
 turned invisible
 butterfly beautiful you
 multicolored streams
~
 of radiant schemes
fluorescent colors brightly
 flitter you fly by
~
beautiful you are
 multicolored butterfly
front stain glass mirror

8/8/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023...

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A candle flame flickers in the dark

and a moth seduced by its light

falls into a trance

hypnotized as it swoops and dives

waltzing with the flame's

flittering tempo

dodging deadly kisses

life and death partnered

in a macabre dance

of desire and compulsion. 


(Verse)

05,29,2019
Pick A Tile, Vol 5 - Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
Title chosen: 5.) A Macabre Dance...

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