Silk
...He'll eat white mulberry leaves
it's softness...dose not compare
he spins the luster silken threads
to whom ?...today, will wear
She wears her dress of finest silk
a special day, some say
he...
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Categories:
silkworms, culture,
Form: Rhyme
MY BEST FRIEND, MAXINE THE FAIRY
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Sunny yellow straw hats with ribbons and bows,
Butterflies that shine when the full moon glows,
Feather cushions scattered of bright pink and blue,
Buttercups and daises have such a magnifice...
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Categories:
silkworms, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Mulberry Trees And Butterflies
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Oh Mourning Cloak butterfly, to where and to whom do you fly
Oh Admiral Butterfly, so many mirrors to count before you die
Oh Jezebel Nymph I love the way you sit on a summer's love flow...
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Categories:
silkworms, appreciation, butterfly, tree,
Form: Couplet
Mulberry Trees and Butterflies
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Larvae of certain Butterflies
exhibiting a real surprise :
eating only mulberry leaves ,
though it is too hard to believe !
Larvae silkworms , that special !
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Categories:
silkworms, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
Symbols of Abundance and Elegance
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Mulberry trees, the symbols
of abundance and beauty,
bear sweet and very juicy
white, pink, or purple berries!
The white mulberry leaves are
the food sources of silkworms.
These trees are ...
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Categories:
silkworms, 5th grade, beauty, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Mulberry Trees And Butterflies
...(Mulberry trees talk among themselves
About the butterflies that ignore them)
Butterflies love oaks, elms, and willows; we know.
They play hide and seek with their leaves tinged with snow.
Do t...
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Categories:
silkworms, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
STEEL AND SILK
... { “He plunged to the centre, and found it vast.” - Conrad Aiken }
STEEL AND SILK
My love like steel and silk
cuts through you
splutters your blood
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Categories:
silkworms, 12th grade, emotions, extended
Form: Free verse
The Cry of Dolores
...A popular priest in 1810, Spanish rule he spoke against
those who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray
A speech calling upon the people to protect in angst
Their King Ferdina...
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Categories:
silkworms, cinco de mayo, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Autumnal Announcements
...a chill breeze
whispers of winter
a squirrel’s tale
a cool fog hovers
a snake lays motionless
awaiting the sun
a bell rings
yellow crusted kid pods
heed its call
September roses
blush...
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Categories:
silkworms, autumn, nature, seasons,
Form: Senryu
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English Language
...Translations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems
The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem
Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD
loose translation/interp...
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Categories:
silkworms, england, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Medieval Poems V
...Medieval Poem V
A Proverb from Winfred's Time
anonymous Old English poem, circa 757-786
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
1.
The procrastinator puts off purpose,
never in...
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Categories:
silkworms, earth, england, love, middle
Form: Rhyme
Spin Now An Angel Gowns
...Spin Now an Angel’s Gown
Dedicated to Father Johnnie E. Ross
When a tree so desires to sing and dance,
It becomes a home for the fabric of angels’ gowns.
Go,then, and as you pass...
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Categories:
silkworms, christian, faith, health, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Chaucer Translation: Rejection
...Rejection
a roundel by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Your beauty from your heart has so erased
Pity, that it's useless to complain;
For Pride now holds ...
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Categories:
silkworms, beauty, french, heart, innocence,
Form: Roundel
Silkworms and Their Silk
...Sericulture in
Japan, silkworms eats leaves of
mulberry for silk
Date: 06/14/2019...
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Categories:
silkworms, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Haiku
When Alteration Finds
...This song of verse reminds
Will love still be love
Or will it alter when it
Alteration finds?
For should we not still be kind
When the light
in the hearts of those we loved has dimmed?
Shou...
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Categories:
silkworms, death, goodbye, love, truth,
Form: Romanticism
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