THOSE stories we tell—
PALE riders going from
FLOWERS to flowers—
MIGHT return before dawn
STILL busy depositing eggs—
HAVE this one last task
TIME & fulfillment
TO perpetuate a species
FRUIT for thé next generation
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dVerse prompt to use this line by Karina Borowicz—
« Those pale flowers might still have time to fruit. »
The luna moth lacks a mouth so it cannot fed. Its purpose is to mate and lay eggs, which is done in six to ten days before it dies.
Image from the Field Book of Insects, 1918
wordshophop 
what a charming use of the Borowicz line tinged with sadness for the luna moth – your description of them as ‘pale riders’ is so creative
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I like how the line that inspires this serves as a metaphor for the Luna moth, which does bear fruit at the end.
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Beautiful poem and a great rise to Laura’s challenge.
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Oh well done! Effortlessly beautiful.
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