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Crowned

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wings
in flight
like sunlight
and color of
leaves
 
 

          Migration of being and soul

          Of looking south and seeing the future, as

          Northern cold moves in to highlight--orange on white;

          A dangerous beauty.

          Realizing the greatest potential, from

          Chrysalis to grave;

          History will tell.

                     >

          For the royalty of insects

          Are found fitting of their name;

          Living life (short) to the fullest,

          Legendary gathered flame.

 

 

                   Earth's rhythms; land and sky,

                   flight comes for butterfly.

 

 

 

 

Author notes

Pic credit: www.ohio-nature.com

Forms:
Lanturne - A five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.
Acrostic - Poetry where the first letter of each line spells a word.
Essence - created by Emily Romano: is a short, structured form of two-lines, six syllables each, with an end rhyme and internal rhyme.

Written about monarch butterflies.

Rhyme in second part of acrostic was actually accidental. It's interesting when that happens.

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  • Kalamina
    March 19

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    i like the mixture of different poetry styles, a colorful poem, i enjoyed reading this, great write!


  • maa gold member
    March 19

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    a very unique and highly creative combination of different poetry-forms ... I used to love writing lanturnes, cinquains, acrostics and haiku at a certain time ... then got seduced by the sonnet-spirit who hasn't loosened his/her (?) grip on me yet ...
    but when I read your poetic patchwork, I almost got nostalgic to used this forms again ... they allow us to express the essence of a concept with so much power and grace ...

    thank you,
    maa


  • Haiku-bless-you gold member
    January 15

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    Good presentation and topic of your forms poems. The Lanturne is a lovely piece. The Acrostic is laced will imagery and information on this beautiful creature. The Essence though nice, I had a problem with your choice of internal rhyme. The overall package is well done.

    Brother Dennis


  • Polaja Greeters member
    January 14

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    Thank you for entering the Bandit Group Contest! This is such a beautiful set of poems I really love the topic and you write so well about it! The lanturne was my favourite part of this - but the other two forms have some stunning imagery in them as well - lovely!

    Keep writing

    Polly


  • debilynn gold member
    January 8

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    what a brilliant write this is! perfect syllable count and each poem makes a statement. i vote gold for this. thank you for sharing this. keep writing! God bless you always


  • Denerica silver member
    January 3

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    Really beautiful I love butterflies and I can't begin to tell you how intrigueing and awestruck this piece is. Blessings

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