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The Dragon And The Butterfly
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The Dragon And The Butterfly |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla 
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The Dragon and the Butterfly The prettiest of colors vie A dragon met a butterfly It fluttered past his roving eye And brought from him the biggest sigh. He watched it in the passing breeze It landed on his nose in tease And nearly made him fire a sneeze But held it down to just a wheeze. The butterfly became his friend He loved each moment she would spend. She visited each flight of vend And landed him from end to end. And he would listen for her burr Each touch just made him sing and purr That made his heart to leap and stir. And so he fell in love with her. And he learned to sip raspberry tea She served in a cup of flattery. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
A delightful read, my friend As only you could write This one will go in your published book of poetry Very well done Liz |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Absolutely loved this one... Regards, Sudhir |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, Your mouth to God's ear. Love Sy Sudhir, Thank you my friend. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Once upon a time ... in the land of poetry and rhyme a randy dragon caught the eye ... of a wanna be butterfly he'd snort, spit and bellow ... but she saw thru the smoke to his mellow and oh how that dragon poet could write ... in his words she saw the light a lifetime of wisdom and grace to share ... with cadence cool and genius rare looking at the world thru his all knowing eyes ... let her fly the endless skies in his words she discovered treasures to behold ... truths of life engraved in gold he took her to places she's never seen before ... allowing her tired wings to soar this dragon was a little bad, mad, or sad ... she wanted him to see the gift he had so she gave him her raspberry tea ... sweetened with flattery and sincerity together they both again learned to fly ... this randy dragon and sad butterfly for this is the gift of poetry land ... together we walk on beaches of understand our quiet comfort found in verse and rhyme ... and love to stand the test of time ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~  My dear sweet Sy ... you sure know how to make a butterfly sigh thank you Stinky ... heart and soul *winkiewinkie*  me   |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
a poet's blessing.... of poets caressing.... Bravo.... |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Sy, what a wonderful write, and I'm so glad that Janet Marie loved it too!  Take care, Melissa~ |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Wonderful, wonderful! Absolutely delightful. I went to a butterfly house a couple summers ago. I so longed for the butterflies to land on me and on my daughter so I could get pics of them. They landed, one at a time. The pics---well, left a bit to be desired. The only word that hung me up in the read here was 'burr,' that word has a sharp, negative feel to me. Does it have a meaning that I'm unaware of the makes it fit within the context of the stanza in which it's placed? |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
JM, THANK YOU SWEET FOR THE LOVELY POEM & PICTURE. BOTH WARMED ME MELLOW. WINKIEWINKIE STINKY. Decaflane, Beautiful comment, thank you. Melissa, Your wonderful comment made my day. *L* VAS, In this case, burr was a regional accent or accent of the butterfly. Thank you for the lovely remarks. Sy |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
was so busy sighing ... forgot to put this in me treasure chest. *ww* meWe wish ourselves beautiful, |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
JM, Read your letter will answer soon, thanks for the boost. WW S. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Seymour~ What a lovely, gentle write ~ Those butterflies can flit into your heart and cocoon you forever ~ I think this is something real special ~ and JanetMarie's graphic (not to mention her adoring rhyme) just fit it perfectly ! ! I just adore the pleasure in this piece ~ You cutie pie ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Thank you sweet Marge, You are a sweetheart. *L* |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
What a delight this is! *S* |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Suthern, And what a delight you are. I've been reading your stuff. Sy |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice rhyme Seymour...James |
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