A SURPRISE OF BUTTERFLIES <br /> <br />A cluster <br />(is that the correct term <br />for the collective noun) <br /> <br />a cluster <br />of butterflies? <br /> <br />Maybe it should be <br />a joy of butterflies <br /> <br />a surprise of butterflies. <br /> <br />My little girl <br />amazed <br /> <br />as they invade <br />our garden <br /> <br />even settling upon <br />her <br />as if she were <br /> <br />a walking <br />flower. <br /> <br />She young enough <br />to believe <br /> <br />these <br />are the fairies <br /> <br />one reads about. <br /> <br />Imagination <br />& Reality <br /> <br />for this one <br />(moment) <br /> <br />becoming <br />One. <br /> <br />****** <br /> <br />A kindle of kittens...a watch of nightingales...a sulk of foxes! I love the surprising collectives...they are almost surreal.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-surprise-of-butterflies-for-helen-and-her-girl-child/
