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They call me a lady of beauty and grace
shiny and red, with seven wondrous spots
native to Europe, my ancestral birthplace
you'll see me more when the weather is hot
farmers prayed for their crops to be saved
a blessing, I ate all their plant eating pests
my hungry appetite is often praised
in fruit orchards, I am a welcomed guest
some call me the lady of luck and fortune
encountering me might make you smile
knowing no limits flying to my own tune
contemplate a wish, might be worthwhile
believe in the power of gratefulness
tranquility on the leaf of happiness
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WordPress folks - I am having some trouble commenting on
your sites, but I have been over reading your poems.
I didn't know ladybugs (or ladybirds as we call them) originated in Europe, though there are plenty of them here. In Slovenian there is a rhyme you say when you see a ladybird, asking it to fly away and bring you a golden bicycle! Lovely poem :-)
ReplyDeleteI think we had a rhyme here but it wasn’t for a golden bicycle. It was rather grim about the house being on fire. A sad reality with so many wildfires on the west coast. It’s said if one lands on you it brings good luck.
DeleteLove that final line!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane
DeleteDefinitely the one bug you want around.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Trying to keep upbeat here with positive energy. Though I had a rather creepy 🕷 on my deck.
DeleteThey are delightful little things - I can understand why they're seen as the lady of luck and fortune. A lovely ode to the ladybug :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Ode to the ladybug...yes, I tend to feel they are omens of good luck.
DeleteLove dem Ladybugs!
ReplyDeleteHaha they are adorable
DeleteLuck be a lady(bug)!
ReplyDeleteMay luck me with you always!
DeleteA delightful poem Trudessa. I love to find Lady Bugs around my garden. They are so useful. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dwight they are delightful creatures.
DeleteNice rhyming. I'm smiling at a memory you've brought back for me. My daughter (now 47) at age 4 wanted to be a ladybug for halloween. I was stumped until I remembered my old college red sweatshirt. I turned it inside out and pinned big black construction paper dots to it and she was tickled pink!
ReplyDeleteLillian, Thanks for sharing the cute story. I bet she made an adorable ladybug
DeleteOh I do love ladybugs, and they certainly are good against pests every gardener loves them
ReplyDeleteThere is just something magical about seeing one.
DeleteI love ladybugs and their larvae look like little alligators. They like to congregate on windows and the sides of houses in Michigan on sunny days in fall and spring. They are always a welcome sight in the garden. Happy you chose to write about them, Truedessa.
ReplyDeleteThey do like to congregate on ceilings as well. In the fall you will find them in apple orchards around here.
DeleteLadybugs may well be the most loved of insects. We always sang their song when we saw one "Ladybug ladybug fly away home, your house is on fire and your children may burn". Wonder what's the origin of that!!
ReplyDeleteHi, it seems like such a grim childhood song. I do remember singing a version of that song but instead of burn we said gone.
DeleteI googled it and found several different sources of origin.
I think I will go with the farmer who said that before burning some crops so the ladybugs could escape. Makes sense with the reference to fire. But, who knows for sure?
I love this ladybug poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks they have always intrigued me. So small and beautiful.
DeleteThis is beautiful True. Lady bugs are cool. My son buys them to protect his plants in his greenhouse.
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty cool. A bug so small but, touches the heart in a big way. No wonder they are considered good omens.
DeleteI always welcome the sight of a ladybug. They even visit my apartment occasionally!
ReplyDeleteSmiling me too
DeleteI love this. I hardly see a lady bug anymore and I certainly miss them.
ReplyDeleteI hope you see one soon Sandra, I wonder if they are more regional?
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