between showers
brief intervals
of butterflies

 

 

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Jean LeBlanc

Jean LeBlanc is a poet, artist, and teacher in Newton, New Jersey. She teaches writing and literature at Sussex County Community College. Her collections of short-form poetry include The Opposite of Bird (Cyberwit, 2015) and The Haiku Aesthetic: Short Form Poetry as a Study in Craft (Cyberwit, 2013). In her blog, www.jeanleblancpoetry.blogspot.com, she contemplates the role of art and poetry in our weird, mixed-up world.

8 thoughts on “”

  1. .
    between showers
    brief intervals
    of butterflies

    —JEAN LEBLANC

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    Yes, it's a wonderful treat, one phenomenon riffing off another. :-)
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    Sirocco winds-
    the leaves spinning out
    of butterfly dreams

    Alan Summers
    Fellowship of Australian Writers, Queensland journal Scope vol 60 no. 4 (May 2014)
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  2. Would it be possible to add a Like button to the site? I don’t always have a specific comment I want to make, but I’d love to be able to Like a poem like this. I’m sure others would too.

    1. Hi Chris,
      Glad you are enjoying 18.1. It is a fine issue and there is much more yet to come. If you subscribe via twitter you can Like individual poems. And you can of course give an easy thumbs up to other comments here. Thank you for reading!

  3. Lovely uplifting verse, Jean Leblanc. There's always those fragile moments of loveliness in life after a stormy interval.

  4. Simply elegant!

    spring morning–
    the butterflies paint
    the gentle wind

    Pravat Kumar Padhy

    Publication Credit: Haigaonline, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Spring 2014

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