Copyright Information – “what if there are compasses everywhere… in your heart, in the stars…”
Copyright Information – “what if there are compasses everywhere… in your heart, in the stars…”Copyright Information – “what if there are compasses everywhere… in your heart, in the stars…”
Copyright Information – “what if there are compasses everywhere… in your heart, in the stars…”“what if there are compasses everywhere… in your heart, in the stars, in the depth of your marrow. your dreams are always calling, pulling you closer, and you’re never not on your way there.”
– butterflies rising
Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on July 14, 2024
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Copyright Information – “what if there is a life”
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Copyright Information – “what if there is a life”what if
there is a life where
your breathing is
allowed to be so easy
and the stars are
allowed to be so close
and your heart is
allowed to run so wild
and your dreams are
allowed to burn so bright
…what if
– butterflies rising
Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising that is also an excerpt from her prose poem ‘when you let your fear fall quiet’.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on December 18, 2021
– Published in her paperback book ‘she’s flowers and fire’ on April 12, 2022
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Copyright Information – “what we ache for inside of us”
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Copyright Information – “what we ache for inside of us”“i have to believe that what we ache for inside of us about who we want to become”
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[sp_easyaccordion id="14314"]Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising that was inspired by her micropoem ‘feel everything that is beautiful and possible in your soul‘ that was published on March 15, 2019.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on November 23, 2023
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Copyright Information – “when a music lover loves”
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Copyright Information – “when a music lover loves”“when you love, the music around you becomes the soundtrack… when a music lover loves…”
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Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising that was inspired from her micropoem ‘the way a song makes you feel about them‘ that was published on February 1, 2019.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog on January 10, 2020
– Published in her paperback book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ on April 6, 2020
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Copyright Information – “when i look at you, the way all my senses shift”
Copyright Information – “when i look at you, the way all my senses shift”Copyright Information – “when i look at you, the way all my senses shift”
Copyright Information – “when i look at you, the way all my senses shift”“when i look at you,
the way all my senses shift,
the way my soul sways…
it’s how i know.“
– butterflies rising
Micropoem and original work by the author butterflies rising.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on December 9, 2018
– Published in her paperback book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ on April 6, 2020
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Copyright Information – “when they are meant to love you, they would have to fight it to not feel it…”
Copyright Information – “when they are meant to love you, they would have to fight it to not feel it…”Copyright Information – “when they are meant to love you, they would have to fight it to not feel it…”
Copyright Information – “when they are meant to love you, they would have to fight it to not feel it…”“when they are meant to love you, they would have to fight it to not feel it… it will be in their stars”
– butterflies rising
Quote and original work by the author butterflies rising.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on October 28, 2017
– Published in her paperback book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ on April 6, 2020
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Copyright Information – “wildfire heart… it’s breathtaking, how your heart spills out of you…”
Copyright Information – “wildfire heart… it’s breathtaking, how your heart spills out of you…”Copyright Information – “wildfire heart… it’s breathtaking, how your heart spills out of you…”
Copyright Information – “wildfire heart… it’s breathtaking, how your heart spills out of you…”“Wildfire Heart…
it’s breathtaking,
how your heart spills out of you
so achingly soft, and so chaotically unsure,
but as if the entire world catches fire
and you’re wanting to just be
so in love with it all”
– butterflies rising
Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising that was the inspiration for follow up poem ‘it’s breathtaking… how your heart just spills out‘.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog on July 23, 2018
– Published in her paperback book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ on April 6, 2020
– Registered with copyright.gov on April 21, 2020
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Copyright Information – “wing-shaped air”
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Copyright Information – “wing-shaped air”“there is
nothing i could lose
that i would miss
as much as i have missed
the feel of my own soul
when i wasn’t listening to it,
and i’m listening now…
and it’s telling me
that i am meant to be
where my lungs can breathe easy
and where there’s wing-shaped air
to stretch into all around me”
– butterflies rising
Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising that was inspired by her quote if anyone or anything needs my spirit to be small… i’m finally learning to walk away.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on July 27, 2023
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Copyright Information – “woman to woman, may we allow each other the freedom to explore”
Copyright Information – “woman to woman, may we allow each other the freedom to explore”Copyright Information – “woman to woman, may we allow each other the freedom to explore”
Copyright Information – “woman to woman, may we allow each other the freedom to explore”“woman to woman,
may we allow each other
the freedom to explore
all of the depths and variations
of our own femininity
and not judge or condemn each other
for the layers and directions of womanhood
we each choose to pass by or take on.
we will not all find and define ourselves in the same way,
but as we find and define ourselves,
let us not stand in each other’s way.”
– butterflies rising
Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on July 19, 2017
– Published in her paperback book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ on April 6, 2020
– Registered with copyright.gov on April 21, 2020
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Copyright Information – “you are a golden thing” – poem
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Copyright Information – “you are a golden thing” – poem“i could get lost
in all the little ways
you carry love, and carry light,
and hold so much goodness in your being,
you are a golden thing in this heavy, heavy world,
and everything feels new when i look at you”
– butterflies rising
Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising that is where her quote ‘you are a golden thing in this heavy, heavy world’ is derived from.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on April 11, 2019
– Published in her paperback book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ on April 6, 2020
– Registered with copyright.gov on April 21, 2020
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Copyright Information – “you are a peace and a flame”
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Copyright Information – “you are a peace and a flame”“you are a peace and a flame, you steady me and stir me all at once”
– butterflies rising
Poem and original work by the author butterflies rising that the shorter quote version ‘you steady me and stir me all at once’ is derived from.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on October 26, 2018
– Published in her paperback book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ on April 6, 2020
– Registered with copyright.gov on April 21, 2020
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Copyright Information – “you are not lost… the ache you feel is just soul memory…”
Copyright Information – “you are not lost… the ache you feel is just soul memory…”Copyright Information – “you are not lost… the ache you feel is just soul memory…”
Copyright Information – “you are not lost… the ache you feel is just soul memory…”“you are not lost… the ache you feel is just soul memory, and the restlessness is just soul fire.“
– butterflies rising
Micropoem and original work by the author butterflies rising.
– Published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on February 22, 2024
– Added to her paperback book ‘she’s flowers and fire’ on April 24, 2024
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