Flutter

Moths

They lift their wings
to float, then pump.
Slower than flit,
faster than slump.

Not content with loll and putter,
moths prefer to sail and flutter
through the air
from here to there.

The Weekend Writing Prompt is to write exactly 34 words making use of the word “flutter.” My word count includes the title.

 

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

7 thoughts on “Flutter

  1. Sam's avatarSam

    A beautiful poem and very descriptive of a moth, I too notice the difference of their flight from that of a butterfly.

    Oh, I wrote one about a moth flying around a burning candle many, many years ago..flying too close and dying. I wonder if I can find it in my very, very old poems. I had lost the friendship of a beautiful girlfriend and this was an Analogy written in my sadness.

    I must have never posted it to the computer, It may be one of those that Shirley burned~! When I went looking for it, this is what “came up”, so it will have to do~! HA_HA~!

    THE PERILS OF BEING OLD

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