butterfly spreads wings
a lark sings
oh, the joy spring brings
Copyright 2016 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This is my first attempt at a lune, and I was in a rhyming mood. A lune is a haiku variant with syllable count of 5-3-5 instead of the usual 7-5-7. Morgan wrote a magical one. I know I saw one a few weeks ago on Poetry Friday, but then I lost track of who’d written it. If it was you, let me know, and I’d be happy to link up.
Thanks to Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, a prolific poet and champion of poetry, at Today’s Little Ditty for hosting Poetry Friday.
The butterfly is a Tiger-Striped Longwing (Heliconius ismehius). The photo was taken at the Boston Museum of Science’s Butterfly Garden.
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Hooray for Spring!
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Hip-hip-hooray!!
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Gorgeous photo with a poem that’s just right. I feel the joy!
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Yay! Joy is like chocolate, there’s always room for it.
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I’ve been enjoying your wonderful butterfly pictures, you’ve seen a real assortment of them so far! It’s still way too cool for butterflies in England, could be at least another month away yet, or maybe two. I used to be scared of them, but I seem to love them now. There’s hope for the spiders yet – I might get to appreciate them one day soon. 😉
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Most of these butterflies are from the Museum of Science butterfly garden. Aren’t they gorgeous? Appreciate spiders?!?!
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This one is a colourful cutie!! 😉 https://curiosityshopp.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tumblr_myfumxowes1rpe379o1_r2_500.gif?w=764
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It’s a shame you have to pay to see butterflies these days. They used to be way more common.
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I’ve been madly taking pictures of all our beautiful blooms. Love these words of joy, Brenda, and that picture is gorgeous!
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I love to photograph flowers. They never look the same twice. And thanks!
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Just lovely! I have yet to try a Lune and Etheree… Keep putting it off! Yours is stunning Brenda…
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Thank you!
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Nothing is more beautiful than a butterfly!
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So true!
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yes! this gives me hope that spring is really here to stay. for more than one day!
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It’s nearly May!
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It seems like for every poetry form I know, there are about a bajillion that I don’t! I’d never heard of a lune until today, so thanks for the introduction, Brenda. Yours is as light and uplifting as the butterfly wings in your gorgeous photograph!
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Imagine having a tongue as long as your legs and as wide. Butterflies are a marvel! Thanks for stopping by!
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Truly, what joy it brings.
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Yay! Smiling…
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Ha I always do 5-7-5… 🙂
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This is my first lune. I usually do the other, too. But I like the rhythm of this form, too.
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I might try it! Thanks!
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Butterflies are in short supply in Ireland and it is fitting that their fragile beauty is celebrate in your strong lune
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Thanks! I hope to find time to read your first chapter soon. My eyes are drooping now, though.
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Lovely prose and photo! Poor flutterby has someone nibbling on her wings~
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I wondered about that, too. She’s enclosed in the Science Museum, so perhaps she’s always running to people or plants.
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A beautiful butterfly for your beautiful penned words 🙂
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Thanks, Andy!
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☺️☺️
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