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A Bird Bitten Butterfly Feeds on Purple

Sunday sonnet

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Photo by William J Spirdione

This moth like butterfly depends on it.
Delphinium providing what she seeks.
Feels grandiose, this purple, I admit.
A hawk flys far above. It swoops and shrieks.

A fledgeling robin waits, might be the cause.
Bird bitten, the condition of one wing.
Eyes search. Hangs drinking, quenching, tiny claws,
a furry body, brownish coloring.

Proboscis probing deep like it’s her last
meal and it might be. Hope her eggs stuck tight.
This Silver-spotted Skipper holds steadfast.
Claws holding on to petal parts, bright white

with purple. Glad the written word allows
for majesty a color may arouse.

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William J Spirdione
William J Spirdione

Written by William J Spirdione

William J Spirdione is a poet who writes sonnets and more about nature and the humans within it.

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