Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of Maine, the town of Bethel comes alive each year with a unique celebration dedicated to one of nature’s most iconic butterflies: the Monarch.
Poetry
Monarch Resiliance
The world, as it once was, had fallen silent, with nature reclaiming the ruins of mankind’s ambition. Streets, once filled with the constant hum of traffic and the chatter of people, were now graveyards of rusted vehicles and overgrown with weeds.
The Dazzling Dancing Danaus Plexippus
They dance through day and into night,
God’s Garden
A joint by Dorothy Frances Gurney, 1914.
Monarch Butterfly Haiku
1. Veil of orange, gold, Journeying under the sun, Monarch’s flight unfolds. 2. Milkweed’s sweet embrace, Caterpillar’s feast begins, Life’s thread interlaced. 3. Chrysalis whispers, In stillness, transformation, New life delivers. 4. Wings touch sky and bloom, Monarchs, nature’s poetry, Dance in summer’s room.
The Monarch Butterfly is Free
A poem about the Monarch Butterfly.
Monarch Butterflies: Brutally Told
A poem of Monarch Butterflies, told in a Brutalist style