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Fleeting Love Affair

Haiku

By Teresa RentonPublished 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 1 min read
Fleeting Love Affair
Photo by Todd Trapani on Unsplash

Like a bullet train

You hit, lit, and left my life.

A butterfly ride.

🦋 🦋 🦋

Writer's notes: It's the final challenge for

James & Oneg's Summer Extravangza Challenge.

I was tagged for one of these, but then broke my toe so the pain limited by concentration span 🙈. This is my first extra-curricular challenge on here and I hope to do more.

Per their post, "The Break Out of Your Cocoon” challenge 🦋

Butterfly poems are a genre of poetry that use the butterfly as a symbol or metaphor to explore themes such as transformation, growth, beauty, and the fleeting nature of life. Have a go at one.🌺

This past month, we definitely grew. We grew in our own skills, our abilities, and definitely as a community.🦋

Remember, that just because it’s the last challenge, that doesn’t mean there’s a time limit on any of the previous challenge. If a year from now you’d like to try one out (again even), that’s awesome.🌺

Here’s another writer’s fine example of how this can be done:

Thank you for coming on this journey with us. Let us all bloom and fly high! 🦋

Thank you for reading! I appreciate your support. I love to chat, so please reach out 😍

James

Oneg

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About the Creator

Teresa Renton

Inhaling life, exhaling stories, poetry, prose, flash or fusions. An imperfect perfectionist who writes and recycles words. I write because I love how it feels to make ink patterns & form words, like pictures, on a page.

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  • L.C. Schäfer2 years ago

    Is your toe better?

  • So sorry about the broken toe! Haiku is well done! So descriptive in such few words!❤️

  • Omgggg! This was so heartbreaking and relatable! Gosh this was so beautifully written. So poignant and I loved it!

  • GREAT Haiku!!

  • Babs Iverson2 years ago

    Marvelous haiku!!! Love this!!!❤️❤️💕

  • Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago

    Love a good haiku! This was great

  • Rachel Deeming2 years ago

    Fab. I do love a good haiku.

  • Hannah Moore2 years ago

    So neatly done, it feels complete, and full.

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