The Moon Butterfly
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Written: November 17, 2023 For Anoucheka Gangabissoon Contest
Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.~R.H. Heinlein
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Categories:
swanlike, analogy, appreciation, butterfly, moon,
Form: Rhyme
The Day My Life Went Tipsy
...The day my life went tipsy, weak-kneed and rosy, I met a boyish-man. He had a sidewinder-‘stache and I suddenly fell for a hairy man. Tickled lips like those propose suddenly to a starry-eyed sailor ...
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Categories:
swanlike, love,
Form: Haibun
Your Slender Frame
...Vegetation verdant midst vapor-laden valley
Misty cloud-mountains mask mansions' mirage
Time trembles, delicate, teasing tender tree-shoots
Feathered flyers beat fast, beat furious, beat breat...
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Categories:
swanlike, love, nature,
Form: Alliteration
The Kings of the Night
...The seemingly tranquil sky
blooming with stars soon
pierced by a distant cry
that seems to swoon.
Beneath dense trees standing tall
to touch dark canvas painted
after dusk, prowls the epiphany of al...
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Categories:
swanlike, allegory, animal, beautiful, howl,
Form: Quatrain
The World Is Mad
...lying in wait,
skulking along alleys
hiding in shadows
amongst bums and homeless
the moon is bright
shining silver on the
rain soaked street
waiting to see the world
walk passed;
lik...
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Categories:
swanlike, art, friendship, funny, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Swan Lake
...She had elegance and poise...
on the surface at least.
A deceptive calm;
swanlike.
Beneath,
a desperate struggle
against undercurrents
known only to her
and others in the same water.
She...
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Categories:
swanlike, life
Form: Narrative