Seems a Lifetime
...In bed with you,
The swallowtails, I count their dots.
In bed with you,
Inside this box, the splinter rue.
This garden floats with spectral spots.
You seem cold now; I had the hots,
In bed wi...
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Categories:
swallowtails, lost love,
Form: Verse
In Smith-Gilbert Garden
...The mulberry fell to its knees;
in Smith-Gilbert Garden, it prays,
near the moss-stone steps;
and I look on, in curiosity.
It was an oddity, but I learned
of its plight. In sorrow, we make
it...
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Categories:
swallowtails, butterfly, tree,
Form: Free verse
Under The Shade Tree
...I love walking bare foot on freshly cut grass
Sitting under the shade tree while the day rolls on past
Listening to songbirds as swallowtails flutter by
Watching the sun set and the moon rising hi...
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Categories:
swallowtails, love, wife,
Form: Rhyme
Park Therapy
...I saw two eastern tiger swallowtails today.
I watched as they flickered, fluttered, and frolicked, rising and dipping.
A calm breeze gently passed my way.
In the distance, a boy mirthfully turne...
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Categories:
swallowtails, beautiful, butterfly, courage, encouraging,
Form: Imagism
A Spring Sonnet About Birds and Butterflies
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Velvet wings of brown, blue and ebon midnight hue
farfalla butterflies that soar close to magic colugos
spring is here hanging in with wonder, life renews
as the sun shines soft, from here...
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Categories:
swallowtails, appreciation, spring,
Form: Sonnet
A Fairy Fun Day
...Where mountains fade to valley shade
And trees give way to meadow's blade
Cottony cattail, wild lilies teem
Obscuring an enchanted stream
Tis there amongst the grassland rue
This tiny fairy vi...
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Categories:
swallowtails, fairy, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
My Muse, the Moon
...In the middle of the night,
when the butterflies
dance to the moon's song,
I create constellations
with the map of my soul,
allowing astral lights
across feathery skies
to guide my ch...
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Categories:
swallowtails, deep, devotion, i miss
Form: Free verse
Sam Sends Smileys-Tautogram
...Sam sends smileys,
Sheila seeks sobriety;
Siberian skies shed sadness!
Seven Swallowtails swirl,
sunset sets scenic shades:
scintillating, stunning,
stimulating, sparkling!
Sordid sentiment...
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Categories:
swallowtails, anxiety, drink, emotions, ocean,
Form: Tautogram
Kaleidoscopic
..."A collection of butterflies is a kaleidoscope, to watch them flutter together is kaleidoscopic."
blue painted lady's
flutter cobalt wispy wings ~
parading nectar
milkweed butterflies
vibra...
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Categories:
swallowtails, appreciation, beautiful, butterfly, nature,
Form: Haiku
Butterflies
...Butterflies black and blue
Butterflies I see you
Pollinating as you do
Butterflies I see you
Butterflies orange and black
Butterflies please come back
Butterflies of pale hue
Butterflies in ...
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Categories:
swallowtails, fun, happy, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Butterflies
...They slip in unnoticed
just below the burning rays of the sun solstice
lighting on the last flowers of summer bare,
sweet nectar wafting in the heavy laden air,
colors brilliant, glowing, c...
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Categories:
swallowtails, butterfly, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Keepers of the Flowers
...The keepers of the flowers’ secrets arrive in their season
Monarch, viceroy, red-spotted purples, given a good reason.
They bring fantasy and delight to the lilacs and bleeding heart.
Keeping thei...
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Categories:
swallowtails, butterfly, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Jealous Jumping Jaguars
...Amazing antiquated alluring alligators
Bending ballistic beyond belief barbells
Crushing curious crimson crucial crocodiles
Delighting dark dank daring darling dwarfs
Enormously elongated elves e...
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Categories:
swallowtails, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Abecedarian
November Occasions
...November Occasions
Yon
citrus
ejecting
shifts blue eyes green
sovereign swallowtails feast midst chartreuse range
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whilst back...
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Categories:
swallowtails, blessing, november, perspective, thanksgiving,
Form: Tetractys
Solitude
...Deep violet Hibiscus with velvety petals,
On the quaint fence, sprawl the zestful creepers.
Mesmerizing tall branches of serene evergreen,
With tricksy Swallowtails, Redbreast ...
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Categories:
swallowtails, inspiration, nature,
Form: Rhyme
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