Nature Haikus – Summer
By Young Naturalist C
Summer
Butterflies dancing
In the air, sweet with flowers
With vivid colors
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By Young Naturalist C
Summer
Butterflies dancing
In the air, sweet with flowers
With vivid colors
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All Rights Reserved ©2006-2008 |
Oh my… Look at all those swallowtails! Great haiku!
20 June 2008 at 7:38 am
I can just see those butterflies dancing from flower to flower and while puddling. What a large group you found.
20 June 2008 at 8:13 am
Lovely poetry and great pictures. I’ve never seen the butterflies puddle in real life. What a sight that must be.
20 June 2008 at 8:26 am
Happy Summer Solstice!
Tigers puddling and the Great Spangled nectaring are wonderful ways to see Summer at her prettiest! Great shots.
Sherry
20 June 2008 at 9:49 am
I love the shot with all the swallowtails.
20 June 2008 at 10:04 am
Lovely haiku! Those flutterbys are gorgeous!
20 June 2008 at 11:12 am
Wonderful group of swallowtails. I wonder why they would all stop and gather on the ground like that.
20 June 2008 at 11:46 am
@ Jayne – Thanks and C did a wonderful job with this haiku!
@ Lisa – They were so numerous!
@ ncmountainwoman – Thanks and the Swallowtails are commonly found puddling like this!
@ Sherry – Thanks and I just love seeing the Fritillarys!
@ Scienceguy- Thanks
@ Liza – Didn’t she do good? Thanks
@ Robin – They are sucking up the minerals, thanks!
20 June 2008 at 12:14 pm
Just found this blog via the killdeer pages on flickr. Great pics and stories.
Keep up the great work!
James
20 June 2008 at 1:58 pm
Great poem! I was just outside and the frittilary landed right next to me…what a coincidence! 🙂
20 June 2008 at 2:04 pm
beautiful photo and haiku both.. cool to watch them puddling.. our swamp milkweed isnt up yet- soon I hope, frits are fun 🙂
great blog btw!
20 June 2008 at 7:02 pm
I love that you encourage the young ones in their interest in nature and poetry. What a great combination! Good job on the haiku, Young Naturalist C! As an English teacher, I highly approve =)
Beautiful butterflies, too, of course =)
20 June 2008 at 7:42 pm
Very beautiful haiku Young Naturalist C and the photos of the butterflies are beautiful.
20 June 2008 at 10:48 pm
Beautiful butterflies. Great haiku- it is very succinct.
21 June 2008 at 1:32 am
@ James – Thanks and glad you found the site!
@ Bethany – thanks and which species of Fritillary? Probably GS!
@ Cindy – thanks and didn’t she do great with this Haiku? Thanks for such kind words!
@ Rondi – Kids can relate to nature easily and I think everyone should encourage them to spend more time outside! Thanks
@ Linda – So glad you enjoyed this . . . I thought this was perfect for the time of the year!
@Natureshutterbug- Thanks and she did great with this!
21 June 2008 at 6:41 am
Absolutely GORGEOUS shots, Tom! Such beautiful butterflies. 🙂
21 June 2008 at 11:09 am
Great haiku. Love the shot of the swallowtails. Today we stopped at a cemetery on Route 5 outside of Ripley. Saw several Killdeer and one kept displaying a “broken wing”. I didn’t get to see any “killfawns” lol but I imagine there were some nearby.
21 June 2008 at 10:15 pm
Such frillery on the fritillary. Nice haiku, too.
22 June 2008 at 10:11 pm
Yup, it was the GS. I was pulling weeds out of my garden and it just followed around for a while. I’m glad I read the post bc I would not have know what it was lol!
23 June 2008 at 8:03 am
Great haiku & gosh that’s a lot of swallowtails!
23 June 2008 at 10:32 am
Tiger swallowtails seem more numerous this year. They are a fave of mine.
23 June 2008 at 1:44 pm