As leaves drop
and flowers fade,
summer lingers in
memories made.
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Tag Archives: butterfly
Looking Long
Looking long
at another’s days —
so different,
and free.
But is the other
discontented —
looking with longing
at me?
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Being Smaller
reminded of my size
by a nearby butterfly,
trying to blend
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Tuesday Reverie
Pausing to puzzle
as summer slides into autumn
like a melted popsicle —
where do the days
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Sharing
a friend by your side,
a chat, a smile, a shoulder,
sipping and sharing
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Done and Dusted
A butterfly
lands beside my bench,
so trusting.
Why do I
feel a sudden need
for dusting?
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Summer Scenes
butterfly wisdom:
bask, stretch, play, nibble,
daydream
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Weekends
Of Butterflies and Bee Balm
Firework flower,
raspberry red,
scented like sage,
holds up its head. Continue reading
Reverso Poem
Turning Circles
heart-shaped spots,
sun spots
flit, flutter and dance
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Lune a Lark
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.
