While I was flitting by one day upon a gentle breeze,
I eavesdropped when a butterfly told secrets to the bees:
A magic nectar rests in deepest bells of lilies blue,
and if you sip just one small bit your fondest dreams come true.
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Kim from North Norfolk is today’s host of dVerse. Kim says:
This week, I’d like you to take any meaning, form or compound of the word eavesdropping, and write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting your title), including the prompt word.
Tao Talk 
This is gentle, magical, and wonderful Lisa — beautifully written… :)
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Thank you much, Rob :0
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Now that’s what I needed, a smile, a chuckle, cast adrift in lyrical lines; thanks.
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Thanks Glenn happy it gave you a smile :)
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A happy, lilting read, that leaves one with pleasant thoughts! Thank you
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Beverly, glad it pleased you :)
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Oh, oh, oh!
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:)
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This is absolutely delightful, Lisa! 💝 Just what the heart ordered :)
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:) Thanks, Sanaa!
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I believe in this – lovely share!
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:) Thank you
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Wonderful image(s) conveyed in perfectly-managed rhythmical meter and uncomplicated, uncontrived rhyme. Thanks, Lisa!
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What lovely secrets to learn…such a delight, Lisa!
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Thanks Lynn :)
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I love your poem and the image is perfect for it.
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Thanks much, Sadje :)
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You’re welcome Li
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I adore the magical feel of your words, I do hope dreams come true.
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:)
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This is just delightful: ‘I eavesdropped when a butterfly told secrets to the bees’ – it makes me think of the kind of eavesdropping Ariel in The Tempest might do: so delicate and magical, made me smile :-)
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So happy to have made you smile :)
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I love the imagination in your poem Lisa. The magic elixar way down deep in the flower! It really is… for with bees it becomes honey and with butterflies it becomes more cocoons! Love it.
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Happy to have pleased you with this one, Dwight :)
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I love the rhythm and pace of your quadrille, Lisa, perfect for flitting, and I love the thought of eavesdropping on a butterfly telling secrets to the bees. There’s a fairy tale feel to this one. 😊 Like Ingrid, it made me think of Ariel in The Tempest and even Puck in A Midsummer Night;’s Dream.
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Thank you, Kim.
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Such a kind butterfly
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}i{
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Delightful. Now i want to observe the flowers, butterflies and bees more closely
Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Much💝love
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I know you are surrounded by many beautiful flowers and butterflies also :) You are welcome.
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Love love love this….I read it a second time aloud. Love the pacing and the rhyming and the sweetness of it too. Whimsical!
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Thank you, Lillian.
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This is delightful! That’s the kind of eavesdropping I want to do! :)
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Thanks :)
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This is so sweet and endearing Lisa.
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Linda, thank you.
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I would love to eavesdrop on butterflies… but maybe I would be disappointed on the mundane things they are talking about… I bet it’s just sweet talk …
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:)
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What a lovely verse–a bit of magic!
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Merril, thank you and glad you enjoyed it.
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You’re very welcome!
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