Monarch Mask Poem

(Picture by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson)

One sunny day

I laid a wee egg

beneath a broad leaf.

It was a gem,

pearly and white--

a seed of new life,

a small bit of me

that I'll never see

grow wings and take flight.

 

Some time ago, I began writing a collection of mask poems tentatively titled Butterfly Days. The poems are told in the voices of a Monarch butterfly, butterfly egg, and larva--as well as a milkweed plant. I put the manuscript on the shelf and haven't worked on it for many months. The poem above is the fourth one in the collection at the present time.

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Karen Edmisten has the Poetry Friday Roundup this week.

 

COTTON CANDY: An Original Poem

My older granddaughter didn't have school last Friday because of kindergarten screening. It was a beautiful day so my husband and I took the "grandgirls" to Salem Willows Park. Julia asked if I'd get them some cotton candy, which they really enjoyed. That little trip brought to mind a poem that I wrote about cotton candy for a poetry collection about sweet things that has never been published.

COTTON CANDY

Fairy floss,

pink puff of spun sugar,

cumulus confection,

sunset cloud

floating on a cardboard cone.

It's a great joy for Mike and me to take "our girls" to places we went to as kids to have fun.

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