This post is inspired by a wonderful photograph for a brave little Red Admiral butterfly taken by Derrick J. Knight. Its wings are tattered but that didn’t stop it from coming out to enjoy the sunshine. What a magical moment, made permanent on film! Thank you Derrick for sharing this with us. I also owe you the title of this poem. You will find Derrick’s post with the photograph here. I’ve tried to match the shape of the poem to Derrick’s butterfly to the best of my abilities (well, what an hour or so of effort would allow for at least).
Here’s what a full-bodied Red Admiral butterfly would look like:
This is my first attempt at Concrete Poetry and it’s a tough form! Thank you Writing 201…
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Love your poem and image Sam! 🙂 I never knew about ‘concrete’ poetry before though I used to write a number of poems for children in different shapes. I learn something new every day, so thanks for that! 🙂 ❤
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Aw, thank you Elly. A lovely compliment. 🙂
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That’s so clever Sam and a beautiful poem! 🙂
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Thank you Rosemary 🙂
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This is so well written and beautifully shaped. I love writing shape poetries and am glad that u write them too 🙂
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Thank you Rajlakshmi. I’ll check out your poems in a while. Very glad to hear you liked them 🙂
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I loved this..you made me want to try it myself..It’s been a long time since I wrote any poems!
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Thank you Naba. I would love to read your poem. I am sure they’ll come out well, you have a flair for words. 🙂
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Good gosh, Sam. The project was hard enough to start–and you made it even harder, but came out a winner. This is simply amazing. Yay for you!
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Yay! Thank you Lois. 🙂
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That is a commendable effort! Please keep at it. The poem is beautiful.
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Thank you and I will 🙂
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You might be a poetic genius. I absolutely love how this poem is structured. It is beautiful and made me feel a little sad with the winter and broken wings, but it is also valiant and full of hope. Bravo! Or as appreciation in poetry readings is shown by snapping fingers: Snap! Snap! Snap!
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Oh Robin! Thank you thank you thank you! You’ve made my day. I am so glad you liked it. Derrick’s butterfly was a true muse. 🙂
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This is really wonderful, Sam. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 I am glad to enjoyed it.
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This one is so beautiful, Sam!! And your words are simply flying ❤
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Thank you Nimmi 🙂 I am glad to hear it.
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This is very good! I can imagine how hard this type of poetry would be. Shucks, I can’t draw at all, much less try to draw with words! Kudos to you!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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going places …. God, after a long day, as the midnight hour tolls, my fingers turn to butter and my brain turns to mush 😛
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Ha! Happens to the best of us 🙂
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WOW Sam, you rock…. your poetry is going place and each one is better than the last….
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Thank you Santosh. 🙂
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Brilliant!
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Thank you! 🙂
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This really worked. I never thought of dividing the stanzas so there are three pieces to read and the total is more than the parts. Congratulations.
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It was interesting because there was a point in each line where there were three ways to read the thought and I had never tried writing this way before. A cool exercise. I am glad it came out with some coherence. I appreciate you taking your time to read and comment. Thank you.
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A great work. Perfect symbiosis of text and picture.
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Thank you Marius. So kind. 🙂
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WoW! How cool is that! 🙂
Awesome!
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wow! How cool is that??
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Haha! Thanks. 🙂
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Wow, Sam… So intricate…
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Thank you 🙂 It took a bit of work.
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Beautiful! And the content is really good as well 🙂
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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This is a gorgeous piece!! You nailed this assignment. I can’t ell but read this over and over. I love how you painted this brave butterfly, and your imagery was very effective.
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Thank you so much. The butterfly inspired it so the credit should go to her. 🙂 I am going to experiment some more with this form at my leisure. It was fun!
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You continue to impress me! I’m gal that little butterfly struck the right chords in you. I look forward to seeing what else you can etch up with words same. Assignment 4… Check 🙂
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This is excellent concrete poetry. I am so impressed by the shape and the poem itself is a beautiful homage to a butterfly.
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Thank you Mary J. So glad to hear it!
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That is lovely Sam, and I am so pleased to have provided your inspiration. Thank you
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The pleasure is all mine Derrick. I was contemplating writing on something insidious like a virus which would be easy to form given all the straight lines but this butterfly stole my heart. I am so glad that you like it. I was a bit nervous about it 🙂
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