I was out camping this weekend, so some of my photographs just might creep into my poetry this week. Here's one. It's about the Monarch butterfly.

The eastern North American Monarch population is notable for its annual southward late-summer/autumn migration from the United States and southern Canada to Mexico. During the fall migration, it covers thousands of miles, with a corresponding multi-generational return North. The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species. The name "Monarch" may be in honor of King William III of England. The Monarch was originally described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae of 1758 and placed in the genus Papilio. Monarchs are foul-tasting and poisonous due to the presence of cardenolide aglycones in their bodies, which the caterpillars ingest as they feed on milkweed. Source: Wikipedia.

This poem is a Free Style Poem.
The Free Style Poem is a subcategory of Free Verse, except that is contains rhyme. The structure and meter in very informal.

This picture was taken by the author himself on August 30, 2015.

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