Jean LeBlanc taught college writing and literature for twenty-five years. Her most recent haiku collection is Nod if the Wind (Cyberwit, 2026). An artist as well as a poet, she explores the transformative power of imagery using collage, asemic writing, and other visual media. Her work can be seen on Facebook, Jean LeBlanc Poetry and Art.
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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.
Hi Chris,
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Nice!
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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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Liked the intervals of butterflies.
cold spell
iguanas ?
falling from trees
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.
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!
Lovely uplifting verse, Jean Leblanc. There's always those fragile moments of loveliness in life after a stormy interval.
Simply elegant!
spring morning–
the butterflies paint
the gentle wind
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Haigaonline, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Spring 2014
I love the surprise of intervals of butterflies!
marion