Toronto Photographer: Sara Desjardins
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whispered, “good night”
caterpillars, I woke up
to butterflies.
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gently land
on soft petals,
flitting joy.
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joined together
in the garden, they play house
a brief time.
© Cheryl-Lynn, 2014/06/24
Do you want to get involved in saving the Monarch Butterfly? Get milkweed! Click this link and here
Check out Sara Desjardins’ (photographer) Facebook Page as well.
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Absolutely delightfully penned haiku ~ love the ‘whispered good night and woke up…. ~ thanks, xoxo
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
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I’m so glad you liked my first one which is what I wrote last night and hesitated that one the most. Thank you again!!
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I love butterflies… So gentle:)
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Me too…I only went once to the showing at our Botanical Gardens…when the butterflies (tons tons of them) have just transformed…some not quite yet…it is magical to see that place. I’ve no doubt you have such places in Cali too.
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They say the Monarch Butterflies have recently not returned to Capistrano due to the use of Nicotine based pesticides… Roundup and such
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Also due to storms…the weather as well…I just checked on David Suzuki’s website to read up on that before doing these poems.
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Storms? I guess a little butterfly would be no match for high winds… If you wish check out the house on MLS.com put in penngrove California 2042 curtis
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you’ve caught the essense of butterflies! Read the comment just above the reply box and have to remind you, that perhaps ’twas the flapping of a butterfly’s wing here in Italy that brought on those storms 🙂
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One never knows, cara!!
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yep … got to watch out for those critters when they start flapping their wings!
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Haha
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🙂
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Gorgeous picture!!!!! And I love the poem too……
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The photographer is a counsellor I work with but at the national office. She is great!! Thanks for reading.
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Love the series.. well captured on the life of the butterfly.
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words 🙂
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Transformation caught in three wonderful haiku Cheryl Lynn … thank you for this wonderful post …
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Thank you, Kristjaan, for your kind words 🙂
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You’re welcome
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I love *waking up to butterflies* — and I also love that you’ve added the link to help the monarchs. Can you imagine a time without monarchs? (Or honeybees?)
Great post!
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No and we do need to spread the word…as poets, writers and bloggers the message needs to be spread.
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I don’t normally do this, but may I share a post here in the comments? If not, feel free to delete it — I totally understand. I wrote a post for CDHK a while back about the monarchs – went a bit overboard and gave all kinds of info about why they are disappearing and what to do about it.
http://blogitorloseit.com/2014/01/30/pilgrim-haiku/
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That is totally alright!! I am learning more and more about the monarch butterfly. Thank you for sharing this post.
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I am so glad you aren’t offended! Didn’t want you to think I’m just leaving breadcrumbs. It’s scary to think how fragile the butterflies’ existence really is. Ugh!
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I would never be offended if you left me any link as long as it’s not to sell tupperware ahahahah!
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Oh no! No ma’am! 🙂
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I have quite a bit of milkweed actually. We tried to raise Monarch eggs and very itty bitty caterpillars. But it was late in the season and they had caught a blight and could not form their cocoons. But we tried.
I’ve been lucky to see a few Monarchs hatch 🙂
If you plant parsley you might get Swallowtails, they love to eat it. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by… my butterflies…
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Oh I had parsley in my flower box last year…I shall try again then…are there other herbs I could add in that box…living in an apartment I am limited
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I only had parsely in
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I only had parsley (I think that is just it) in the one box and the swallowtails ate it all up. We watched their progress throughout that one summer. But they are different than Monarchs. They can travel far and bury themselves even for years before coming out. Their hard shell also is very well camouflaged. You can go to any butterfly site or just google Swallowtails to find out more about them.
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I will see what I can plant under my balcony, my landlord is quite open to my doing pretty much what I want and I live on the main floor. Thanks for the advice!
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