Dream Vacation
Visitors approaching
a new Paradise—
A captive place
previously kept
to dreams—
are watched by
butterflies
in pastel paisley
floral hideaways,
Preparing for a docking
while island beauties
take flight.
For Petite Pen
Painting by Julia Rigby
Thistle Thoughts 
A magical and enchanting poem Jennifer!
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☺️ Thank you! 🌺
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My pleasure!
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Beautiful imagery.
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Thank you
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Run for your life. The tourists are here. They ruin everything don’t they. Love the satire expressed by captive (instead of captivating), kept, take flight. Preparing for a docking sounds ominous too. Well written Jennifer!
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😁 Thank you!
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Magical
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Lovely, Jennifer.
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Thank you, Selma 💛
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I like the idea of butterflies watching.
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🦋🦋🦋
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Great work! One of your best.
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Thank you
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Thank you for making me feel less weird about finding our local botanical gardens’ annual butterfly exhibition in the conservatory an existential horror. 😬
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Awww 💜
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This poem truly captures the tourist spirit. I particularly love the ‘The pastel paisley floral hideaways.’ It has me Thank you for writing with me. A delightful bit of brevity.
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Thank you. I really enjoyed writing it. The painting is lovely.
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This poem perfectly captures the spirit of a Caribbean vacation. I particularly like the ‘pastel paisleys’ which captures the spirit of a tourist. Thank you so much for writing alongside me to this image.
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Very captivatingly written 🙂
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Thank you
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Beautiful poem!
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Thank you!
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Nice one ❤️
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Thank you! ❤
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You are welcome
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So beautiful!
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Thank you! 🌸
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How do you write such a beautiful poem? It is actually enchanting! 😍
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☺️ Thank you. I’m glad you enjoy it.
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You are welcome! 😇
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What a beautiful picture created with so few words. Nice job!
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Thank you very much ❤️
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