Butterfly Cinquain – Page 4 – Leonas Lines–Poetry Plus

Butterfly Cinquain, May 2017

Greeter

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Leonas Lines

Welcome!

My name is Mat

I meet and greet you daily

I put myself out there for you

Just smile

Acknowlege that I am sincere

My heart’s very fragile

Not a Door Mat

I’m real

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A Greeter is a person who greets people entering a store, church service, or other public place. When I wrote this poem I was thinking of Dennis who is a greeter at our local Walmart store. He is always friendly and outgoing no matter the day or time. He always greets with a smile, handshake, fist bump and good word. So many people appreciate his sincere friendly attitude. The world can surely use more people like this!

Global Greeter Network official | Come as a guest, leave as a friend

April 2017, Butterfly Cinquain, NaPoWriMo 2017

My Space

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Leonas Lines

A small place

Within my head

Where I often go

To ponder something I read

Or seen

Whether I am about or in bed

The space is mine alone

To go and just be

Serene

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Butterfly Cinquain, March 2017

Yawn…

Posted on March 11, 2017March 11, 2017 by Leonas Lines

Tonight,

Set clocks ahead.

Let us save daylight,

And let us lose a hour of sleep.

Tonight,

It is that time if the year again,

That we must “Spring Forward”!

At least clockwise…

So tired!

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Butterfly Cinquain, January 2017

Repetition

Posted on January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 by Leonas Lines

Don’t quit

Keep looking up

Though the path is long and hard

Stay focused on climbing higher

Don’t quit

Stay focused on climbing higher

Though the path is long and hard

Keep looking up

Don’t quit

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Butterfly Cinquain, December 2016

Dreamin’

Posted on December 12, 2016December 12, 2016 by Leonas Lines

In a

Gingerbread House

My life is oh so sweet

On Candy Cane Lane, where

Gumdrops

Stuck in gooey icing so Royal,

And dancing Sugarplums

Everyday

Delight!

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Happy #GingerbreadHouseDay

Gingerbread House Recipe

Gingerbread House from Graham Crackers

Butterfly Cinquain, November 2016

Hope

Posted on November 27, 2016December 8, 2016 by Leonas Lines

Again,

So much sorrow,

And again so much pain.

All I have are prayers and hope

In God

To help,

To heal, to restore, to bind,

To work all things together

For good. I hope.

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Butterfly Cinquain, October 2016

Answered Prayers

Posted on October 25, 2016December 8, 2016 by Leonas Lines

I gaze

Upon the bench

I sat upon this Summer,

My place of rest where I pondered

Wellness,

While praying for recovery,

And His daily strengthening,

And give thanks

He gave.

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Butterfly Cinquain, Freedom-July 2013, October 2016, Rhyme

Fall Flavor

Posted on October 22, 2016December 8, 2016 by Leonas Lines

Pumpkin Spice

I’ll be concise

One sip will not suffice

Tis a drink you should enjoy at least twice

Even trice

Please listen, take my advice

It’s smell and taste do entice

It’s paradise

Very nice

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August 2016, Butterfly Cinquain

Sitting in Silence

Posted on August 7, 2016August 8, 2016 by Leonas Lines

Old trunk

If you could talk,

I can only imagine

What kind of stories would you tell

Of life,

And your travels on land or sea.

Who did you belong to?

What did you hold?

I wonder…

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Butterfly Cinquain, July 2016

Doubts

Posted on July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Leonas Lines

To win

Don’t dwell with doubts

Doubts are just traitors

They promote fear, cause loss

In life

They keep attempts from happening

Quench good and create losers

Do not listen

To them

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(Inspired by Shakespeare)

“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”

-William Shakespeare