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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2000-02-26 10:21 AM

If I were but a butterfly,
...I'd soar on wings of air,
I'd float aloft on summer winds,
...as soft as angel's hair,
Rainbowed wings of many colors,
...radiant in the sun,
Suspended on a cooling breeze,
...with nature I'd be one,
If I were but a butterfly,
...adrift in heaven's blue,
If I were but a butterfly,
...I'd fly away with you.

[This message has been edited by Mike (edited 02-26-2000).]

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

1 posted 2000-02-26 10:47 AM

Nice poem!!!!!!!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2000-02-26 11:40 AM

you are indeed a butterfly
with words of colored hue
that drift across my vision
when I flutterby with you

Sigh!

Aimster
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since 2000-02-19

Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC

3 posted 2000-02-26 12:05 PM

Mike

Your words are like the wings of a butterfly...gracefully touching us all! Very nice poem! Have a great day.

~Amy~

~Live today as though it were your last but prepare for tomorrow as though it were here~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

4 posted 2000-02-26 12:23 PM

Ah, there you go gettin all mushy... How can I have a rotten day after reading somethig so beautiful. Your words are graced. Simply beautiful.

Michael

Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

5 posted 2000-02-26 03:41 PM

Thanks for the gracious comments Vandanna and Aimster. Once you get past 45, you are allowed to be mushy Michael.
Martie... I often do that when I read your poetry... *sigh*

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Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

6 posted 2000-02-26 10:12 PM

Mike, your writing here is delicately befitting the lightness of butterfly wing and flight...

"...summer winds,
as soft as angel's hair"

...how do you do this??

Claire

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

7 posted 2000-02-26 11:52 PM

Mike~
This flutters through my mind.
I love the image of the butterfly.
Very nicely done.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

8 posted 2000-02-26 11:57 PM

Makes me think of how free and easy life could be, if but...

Lovely little piece, here, Mike!

Corinne

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

9 posted 2000-02-27 03:55 AM

If I were but a gentle dove
...I'd fly on wings of white
High above the clouds and trees
...I'd soar in graceful flight
In the air I'd drift away
...My plumage shining bright
'Ore landscapes, rainbows, sun, and moon
...from day into the night
If I were but a gentle dove
...I'd fly the whole day through
On graceful wings, I'd find a way
...To get back home to you

Beautiful poem Mike...as you can see, I found it inspiring

Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

10 posted 2000-02-27 09:46 AM

Thanks for the replies, and your poem was beautiful Ruth.

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poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

11 posted 2000-02-27 10:12 AM

Geesh, just look at this! You've got everyone flying, even Ruth! ( and I believe she hates to fly!) LOL I just read your nightingale poem, and thought it was beautiful, then I stumble onto this, and find it just as breathtaking! You are on a roll....I had no clue you were over 45...LOL I like what you had to say about the mushy factor! LOL I suppose you're right, although I wasn't aware of any age restrictions! hehe Great job Mike!

freckles
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since 2000-02-12

Posts 160
Virginia USA

12 posted 2000-02-27 01:37 PM

I really enjoyed this Mike........I actually saw the buttterfly floating by me; beautiful imagery. Wish I knew a "butterfly" who wanted to fly away with me (oh, well.....life goes on).

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