A Scintilla of Hope
It survived like a susurrus
in the Autumn garden
A small spark, brightly shining
through the increasing feuillemort
and shortened days
An aliferous creature that was
about to begin a perilous journey
to ensure to continuation of its species
I watched, humbled by the courage
of this belle ame as it flew away,
needing nothing more from me but a prayer
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* It’s migration season for the Monarch butterflies, which have recently been put on the endangered species list. Plant some milkweed.
Mish, I hope I used these lovely words correctly. Thanks for this ‘wordiferous’ prompt
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Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee–terrific morph of prompt and imagination. Light-hearted, lovely and very effective, C.
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A deserving tribute to those beautiful Monarchs with a lovely ending. Just the perfect sprinkling of prompt words.
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Thanks, Mish
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Such brave and beautiful creatures – love the belle butterflies!
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On a wing and a prayer! Love your poem!
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Beautiful, Candy! I pictured butterflies as I read. The ones in our garden seem to be bigger this year.
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Love the way you floated gently into a most effective use if the words Candy.👍🏼🦋
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Candy, big words for the butterflies, can’t think of a better use for them. The Monarchs are always welcome here and the milkweed patches continue to spread for them.
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Butterfliees …. such lovely creatures! You handled the prompt well!
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Beautiful! Your words as pretty as the Monarchs.
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This is so beautiful! I love it. Thank you.
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