The loveliest treasures
escape
all grasping
yet hover
ever nearer
Author notes
PROMPT: Lavender Butterfly in 10 words
In a list
A contest entry
- amaze me by Lavender Butterfly.
550 points, ended December 19, 2008, 14 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Short, simple, and amazing..
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"Flight"...I first thought of "the Silver Dart". Monday marks the centenial of Canada's (and the "British Empire's") first successful airplain flight. (or,"aerodrome" flight as is builders called their machine.)
But your prompt note made me see that it isn't men's flying machines but nature's you are writing about; those that give our imagination liberty to take all sorts of flights of fancy!
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Well-expressed.
Congrats on the Silver.
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brings to mind-hope-a thing that you can never truly grasp for if you did it would cease to be hope-yet it is always near..congrats on the silver...peace
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The more coveted something is, the more desireable it is and the more it is out of reach. Wise man knows you attract more bees with honey than vinegar. Congrats on the silver.
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Another treasure for my eyes, ever nearer.
Excellent.
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Excellent metaphor. The sweetest and most durable gifts are not wrested nor grasped, but received with awe and appreciation. Compulsion initiates flight. Great use of well-chosen limited words!
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Bravo On The Silver!
You can always amaze me when I get to visit ya!
Even if it's just in a few words, well done my friend.
Thanks for sharing, and here's sending ya love.
-Timothy
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oh Silver! This is lovely..
Congrats, my friend.
Merry Christmas! Laney
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how beautiful... x
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well done . . good luck in the contest !!
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Oh you can do it in 10 words or a thousand! Your writes always pull at me and this is just stunning.
Best wishes in the contest.
Gaylene
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Beautiful work!
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