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| Courtesy of Pixabay |
In a dream,
I met a gatekeeper
with lustrous copper hair
all was not as it seems
in a crimson patch of flowers
wearing large tortoiseshell glasses
beckoning me into a flurry of butterflies
in my sleep during the mystical hours
surrounded by beautiful fluttering wings
a wandering skipper gifted me a red velvet rose
careful of thorns, I inhaled its sweetest scent
the night I heard a flurry of butterflies sing
written for dVerse Poetics hosted by Merril
So, for today, I’ve composed a list of common butterfly names taken from several online sites. People seem to enjoy these list prompts. Choose at least three of the names from the list below and include them in your poem.
Author's note: Today, I was in a pool of cool blue and a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail landed on my foot. Then I saw the prompt today. A bit of Synchronicity.
You know how to capture the beauty of butterflies.
ReplyDeleteI love the whole idea of a flurry of butterflies.....so lovely.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful dream--magical, "beckoning me into a flurry of butterflies." I love the synchronicity of you experiencing the butterfly landing on your foot the same day the prompt was posted!
ReplyDeleteI love the movement of the piece -- the shape it builds.
ReplyDeleteThe sound and images of this poem just sounded so good I had to re it aloud! Well done and delightful
ReplyDeleteLove how you introduced the butterflies as your emotion... sounds like a wonderful meeting in the end.
ReplyDeleteLovely poem.
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