by Sapphos Sister
I like your butterfly metaphor - think it works really well. And the final line applies nicely to the finished poem.
I like your butterfly/muse metaphor too. Great stuff. I just spent today chasing my own butterfly!
A very clever idea can't say I like the thought of pinning a butterfly though! I've got to keep telling myself it's only a metaphor!
What an apt description of the labour of taming wild words...great metaphor.
somewhere in the clutter and the clatter of the bills and the soccer games, traffic jams and grocery lists....oops there she goes again...must run :-D ali