Poetry – Johnny Butterflyseed

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Johnny — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 16:39:44 +0000

It’s said that you like orange juice.Perhaps you knowthat I squeeze several oranges each day.Perhaps that’s why you hovernear my door.You’re noisy like the blue jay,and not as pretty,but I like you anyway.Red is my favorite colorin case you didn’t know,and you get double points,because your eyes are red.So you may stay,but one word of...

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The Monarch Festival in Bethel, Maine: A Celebration of Nature’s Majestic Migrants

Johnny — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:06:43 +0000

Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of Maine, the town of Bethel comes alive each year with a unique celebration dedicated to one of nature's most iconic butterflies: the Monarch.

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Monarch Resiliance

Johnny — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:37:55 +0000

The world, as it once was, had fallen silent, with nature reclaiming the ruins of mankind's ambition. Streets, once filled with the constant hum of traffic and the chatter of people, were now graveyards of rusted vehicles and overgrown with weeds.

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The Dazzling Dancing Danaus Plexippus

Johnny — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:08:16 +0000

They dance through day and into night,

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God’s Garden

Johnny — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:01:09 +0000

A joint by Dorothy Frances Gurney, 1914.

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Monarch Butterfly Haiku

Johnny — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:38:11 +0000

1. Veil of orange, gold, Journeying under the sun, Monarch’s flight unfolds. 2. Milkweed’s sweet embrace, Caterpillar’s feast begins, Life’s thread interlaced. 3. Chrysalis whispers, In stillness, transformation, New life delivers. 4. Wings touch sky and bloom, Monarchs, nature’s poetry, Dance in summer’s room.

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The Monarch Butterfly is Free

Johnny — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 10:15:10 +0000

A poem about the Monarch Butterfly.

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Monarch Butterflies: Brutally Told

Johnny — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 03:44:00 +0000

A poem of Monarch Butterflies, told in a Brutalist style

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