Inspiring Women Summer 2019
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The Beauty of Kenya: A Poem<br />
Butterflies fluttering in my tummy<br />
then blue & lilac birds arrive<br />
peace<br />
impala males a few with many delicate ladies with young<br />
giants galore trumpeting<br />
butterflies again<br />
missing something so much<br />
then a hippo snorts and splashes with baby<br />
zebra stripes everywhere and long necks saunter by<br />
here come those butterflies<br />
and giants again and again<br />
so quietly they tread<br />
Water bucks with white circled bottoms<br />
it’s a never ending live show<br />
& the butterflies never go<br />
Dust, warm breeze and pink desert flowers<br />
silence but so much sound<br />
my heart beats fast & those butterflies abound<br />
My love is aching and about to burst<br />
tears fill my eyes with the thought of leaving such beauty and wonderment<br />
now baby giants & naughty baboons<br />
two herds meet and greet with trunks & tusks<br />
water splashing & excitement<br />
butterflies again<br />
I dare not move or blink.<br />
Judi Roselli-Cecconi is English but born and raised in Kenya, currently living in Tuscany, Italy. She<br />
is the President of The American International League of Florence and spends her time, when not<br />
writing, enjoying helping charities, water colour painting, taking photographs, looking after<br />
guests visiting her home in the Chianti and she loves to travel.<br />
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