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Once I Was

For James & Oneg's Summer Writing Challenge

By Mike Singleton πŸ’œ Mikeydred Published 2 years ago β€’ 1 min read
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This was written for James & Oneg's Summer Writing Challenge Extravaganza. The prompt:

The Break Out of Your Cocoon Challenge πŸ¦‹

The form I have chosen is Butterfly Cinquain, with, unusually four songs to illustrate the stages.

The Music is "Once I Was" by Tim Buckley, "Caterpillar" by The Cure, "Cuckoo Cocoon" by Genesis, and "Butterfly Dance" by Kevin Ayers and The Whole World.

Once I Was

πŸ›πŸ›πŸ›πŸ›πŸ›πŸ›πŸ›πŸ›

Once A

Caterpillar

I Stopped, Became Cocoon

And Slept And Grew For A Long Time

Until

The Cocoon Split, I Spread My Wings

Beautiful Butterfly

Is What I Am

Now, Fly

πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹

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Mike Singleton πŸ’œ Mikeydred

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  • Teresa Renton2 years ago

    Love this multi media creation; such lovely uplifting poetry 😍

  • ThatWriterWoman2 years ago

    Awe, lovely! Thanks for writing this!

  • Fun music. Lovely poem.

  • L.C. SchΓ€fer2 years ago

    Love this one, and you always pick the best artwork and music to go with it! This was my favourite of James and Oneg's writing challenges. 😁

  • Awww, this was so wonderful!

  • Tiffany Gordon2 years ago

    Beautiful job!

  • Mother Combs2 years ago

    Beautiful

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