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A poem about a butterfly
Miscellaneous Poems
: Mountain Blue by CD Richards
5-7-5 Poem contest entry

 
Ulysses imbibes

Callistemon's sweet nectar—

rhapsody in blue.
 

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Author Notes
Ulysses: The Ulysses butterfly, also known as the Mountain Blue butterfly, found in Northern Queensland, Australia.

Callistemon: An Australian shrub, commonly called Bottlebrush, for obvious reasons.

With apologies to George Gershwin.

Photo by Julie (https://www.flickr.com/photos/these_are_julies_pics/4557770364/),
used unaltered under Creative Commons 2.0 licence:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/legalcode

Thanks for reading.

     

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