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The Monarch's Wedding
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Butterflies nuptials.

The Monarchs’ Wedding

 

Flying through blue air two

monarch butterflies joined together

bright orange veined with black—

one winging above

the other folded

and  upside down below.

 

In wild  joy they taste each other

 with their feet: six above and six below

higher and still higher on velvety wings

silken bodies dotted with white

monarchs on their nuptial flight.

 


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Reviewed on September 12, 2016
Oh, how I love butterflies!! We have a lot of milkweed here by Lake Erie and the Mentor Marsh. The "wooly bears" feed on the milkweed and in turn we get to marvel at scenes you have so beautifully expressed!!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 8, 2016
While most of us just enjoy (or hate) insects like Monarch butterflies, it is fascinating when information is revealed like your poem describing their mating dance. And, only recently, finding their wintering hideaway in Mexico. And, now that we know that they are in serious decline as a species, we have to ensure that they will delight many generations in the future rather than just be videos, pictures and poems of an extinct species.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on September 8, 2016
Just like the Monarchs, this was a beautiful write, and I have observed this in the past. Unfortunately, Monarchs are endangered, and I haven't seen one here in Ohio where I live in several years.

Michael D.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on September 7, 2016
Hey! This is neat. I'm still seeing that "nuptial flight" inside my thoughts, and I dare say I will see it off and on all day.


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