Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne
All things flourish, and each returns to its source.
— Lao Tzu
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Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne
Even More Than Hope: Painted Lady Butterflies
Like spirits, they will dart across our path
in drifts, and zig-zag past our cheeks and hands
just out of reach, and whirling toward a land
far north of us, by predetermined math.
It seems a miracle, winged migration—
almost as hard to fathom as moon flight.
What tiny compass guides them day and night
in rivers of raw determination?
Their journey symbolizes more than hope:
They breathe into each moment the belief
that happiness as real and bright as wings
is just ahead … and therefore we can cope,
and fill heavy hearts with newfound lightness,
and bathe a moment more in their brightness.
— Sally Sandler
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Painted Lady Butterffly — Image by kenne
A bright afternoon
no vultures circling
only butterflies
landing briefly
as if to change
the decision to land
yellows and reds
muscling their way
through leaves of green.
— kenne
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A Beautiful Painted Lady — Image by kenne
Painted Lady,
elixir of
colors
true love of
flowers
under exquisite
skies
in the shadow of
mountains
remembering all
goodbyes.
— kenne
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Painted Lady Butterfly On A Bluedicks Wildflower (Sabino Canyon Recreation Area) — Image by kenne
Society is like a stew.
If you don’t stir it up every once in a while
then a layer of scum floats to the top.
— Edward Abbey
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Painted Lady In A Universe Of Shapes 2 comments
Painted Lady Butterfly — Mixed Art — kenne
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Butterfly Photo-Artistry 1 comment
Painter Lady — Photo-Artistry by kenne
This painted lady
Flying over the landscape
Found me attractive.
— kenne
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No Time For Despair 1 comment
Painted Lady — Photo-Artistry by kenne
There is no time for despair,
no place for self-pity,
no need for silence,
no room for fear.
We speak,
we write,
we do language.
That is how civilizations heal.
— Toni Morrison
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Painted Lady Closeup — Image by kenne
I love this lady
Resting on nearby flower
Pondering next move.
— kenne
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Painted Lady Butterfly — Photo-Artistry 2 comments
Painted Lady Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Painted Lady Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Painted Lady Photo-Artistry by kenne
“An anaesthetic is a poet-killer.”
— Lewis Hyde
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Another Painted Lady — Image by kenne
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Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne
I gently rub
my beard
in deep thought
distracted only
by an occasional
butterfly
passing by
in the middle
of the day.
I savor
the moment
rubbing
white whiskers
navigating through
mind droppings
reaching out
to catch
a falling star.
The desert sky
bluer than the
bluest of blues
a backdrop to
sun-scalded red
creating visuals
turning to words
honed by the soul
itching to be scratched.
— kenne
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Painted Lady — Image by kenne
The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.
— Rabindranath Tagore
Becoming is Superior to Being 