BUTTERFLY MOTHER by Dianne Bates

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Dancing the tune of the breeze
She lifts her coat sleeves –
And freezes as if in prayer
To breed in the shady leaves;
Green confetti in air.

On the rib-case underneath –
A waxy seam of leaf,
Tiny eggs, colour of cream
Are stuck with butterfly paste.
Blue lady lifts as a dream,
Leaving them, to hatch or waste.

Who knows where she goes
Blue butterfly mother?

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2 thoughts on “BUTTERFLY MOTHER by Dianne Bates

  1. Dear Dianne,

    I like this butterfly poem – unfolding lyrically in the banks of air. I’m about to send some. I’m so glad you’ve kept it going. xKatherine

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