Beauty needs no reason
like bourgeois businessmen do
who strut with the deepest frowns
competitively struggling for what
beauty is not
The faceofthewings(lookclose
ly)has eyes
a dimple and a smile
That smile transcends
sorrow
[Note: Do you see the “Smiling Face” in the Swallowtail’s wings?]
The Face on the Wings of a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly… Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
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I see the smiling face. Liked the poem. Very true.
Thank you! Glad you saw it! It is true! 🙂
haha Yes I see it! How charming. 🙂
Thanks, Scifi! It put a smile on our faces! It was taken a little over a month ago and is hanging, as an 11 X 14 inch framed picture in our hallway. (Sorry about the inches and not metric… it’s kind of like the “dew” thing!) 🙂
How lovely! 🙂
And I still sort of measure in feet and inches – having grown up with that. 🙂
Great eye Tom! I never zeroed in on on such precious details like that before. Sweet! 🙂
I like it too! Rather cheerful! Thanks, Kym! 🙂
I see it!
And no pick elephants! I’m glad you see it! Maybe i’m not totally nuts! 🙂
No, no pink elephants…yet
Cool!
Thanks, Jazz! It really is! 🙂
Yes, must be a mutant.
Great you see it, Ken! 🙂 I think that it probably is a regular Tiger Swallowtail with the folds in its wings luckily aligned just right.
Very Beautiful
Maybe it’s telling all of us something, Leyla! 🙂
Great shot…and face!
Thanks, Sandy! So maybe i’m not nuts! (Well, maybe just a little!) 🙂
Got to be a little bit these days, to get by!
Absolutely stunning!
Thanks much, MP! I am very appreciative of it too! 🙂
Great capture of that “face & smile”! 🙂
Thanks, Donna! So glad you see it! 🙂
I saw the smiling face. How adorable
Great, Madeleine! Thank you! 🙂
You are welcome
Love this! 😊
Thank you, Annie! 🙂
Beautiful! I love this!
Thanks much, Sabine! 🙂
Lovely Tom! Thanks for pointing it out.
Yes, thank you, Belinda! 🙂
🦋 You have a wonderful blog. I enjoyed reading through your posts. – Chrissy
Appreciate that, RP! We live right on a river. 🙂
🦋 We have a river across the road from the front gate. A little further than I would like. 🙂
I don’t think I would have seen that face, had you not pointed it out. That’s one reason we need one another — to point to the things we’d otherwise miss.
When I clicked the picture to enlarge it I saw Charlie Chaplin’s eyes and mustache – have I been out in the sun too long?
Yes, I see it, Tom. Excellent nature photography!
Great
Just beautiful!