a comma flutters among words, changing meaning, butterfly syntax Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image of Comma Butterfly found on Pinterest
Tag: Butterfly
Awakening
Like a pupa I struggle from my bed, still wrapped in the pleonasm and images of butterfly dreams. Pinned to the mattress, trapped by a searing ray of sunlight poking its nose through the curtains, I grab the triptych of the day and pull it open. Mice nibble at my toes – I ward them […]
Ocho Mecho
paper-folding hands caress of nimble fingers butterfly romance © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1079 folding paper Chèvrefeuille started this episode with a haiku of his own to introduce another tool for art and creativity, folding paper or origami, and then gave us a beautiful example by Hitoshi: a paper boat on drift […]
Autumn Butterfly
in September sun a brown and gold butterfly hanging from a stem is caught in a swirl of leaves confetti for autumn brides © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rgbstock.com My response to Carpe Diem #1063 butterfly Today our prompt is butterfly. Butterflies are synonymous with change, metamorphosis, lightness, growth, messengers of the gods and ‘butterfly’ […]
Rare and Unexpected
unexpected a rare marsh fritillary colours of autumn flash in a butterfly’s wings dancing in September sun © Kim M. Russell, 2016 It’s not easy chasing butterflies with a camera, so I have used this image found on www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #91 Ese’s Voice, our “runner-up” of the “prayers” kukai. Chèvrefeuille has […]
Butterfly Ascension
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week #5 (1) Ascension, introduction Woken by the sun, from the safety of cocoons butterflies ascend. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Ascension Of The Butterfly Women by Roberta Baker found on fineartamerica.com
Butterfly Ghost
For my response to Carpe Diem CD-special #210 Joyce Lorenson’s 2nd “butterfly wings” I have deconstructed a poem I posted last October into a tanka: Ghostly butterfly, on fragile wings of tissue hangs from a cobweb, work of an eerie artist tied up in gossamer thread. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on […]
Butterfly Love
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #155 “Collage 21” In a hammock Strung below a starless sky, They unpicked a fledgling butterfly From its gossamer cocoon And tossed it to the moon. On a lonely bench Among the tallest trees, Pages turning in the breeze, She read him her history, Unravelling her mystery. […]
Another poem for National Poetry day
Butterfly Ghost A ghost of a butterfly Hangs from a cobweb, Haunting my window. Chalky dust Smears Charcoal smudges, The work of an eerie artist On fragile wings of tissue, Bound in g o s s a m e r thread. Image found on Pinterest
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