Queen butterflies In Pima Canyon — Images by kenne
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NATURE, POEM 7: THE BUTTERFLY’S DAY
From cocoon forth a butterfly
As lady from her door
Emerged — a summer afternoon —
Repairing everywhere,
Without design, that I could trace,
Except to stray abroad
On miscellaneous enterprise
The clovers understood.
Her pretty parasol was seen
Contracting in a field
Where men made hay, then struggling hard
With an opposing cloud,
Where parties, phantom as herself,
To Nowhere seemed to go
In purposeless circumference,
As ‘t were a tropic show.
And notwithstanding bee that worked,
And flower that zealous blew,
This audience of idleness
Disdained them, from the sky,
Till sundown crept, a steady tide,
And men that made the hay,
And afternoon, and butterfly,
Extinguished in its sea.
— Emily Dickinson
Becoming is Superior to Being 
Wonderful presentation! ❤
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This bush had so many butterflies, I was stopped in my tracks.
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Stunning photos and eloquent poem…
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Just noticed your comment — thanks, it’s most appreciated.
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Reblogged this on Becoming is Superior to Being and commented:
An October 31st posting four years ago. — kenne
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