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Butterfly and Rose

Susan Mayer Brumel 1955 (Newark, NJ)

January 24 
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Butterfly and Rose

One morning deep in summer
a butterfly was birthed,
Of iridescent colors
it flit-fluttered in its mirth

Winding down a garden path
it rested on a rose,
That paled against its beauty
in bright sunlight, juxtaposed

Flushing pink and blushing blue,
with golden yellows wed
It bonded with the blossom
and remained in flower bed

When winter chill upon them fell
and garden took to sleep,
The two in perfect synchrony
till springtime thaw did keep

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Written on January 01, 2025

Submitted by susan.brumel on January 26, 2024

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Scheme A XBXX XABB XBXB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 468
Words 90
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4
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Susan Mayer Brumel

I am a retired hospice social worker, who began writing poems about 2 years ago. I am married, a mom of two sons, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and grandma of two grandchildren who are the loves of my life. A lover of all animals and most people, I enjoy spending time in nature, long walks, and reading Pablo Neruda, Blake, William Carlos Williams, James Joyce, Mary Oliver, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, and more. Baudelaire tells us to ‘be drunk’ on something every day; I am drunk on poetry and intend never to be sober! more…

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