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Monarch Migration

ButterfliesShaking of the Trees PostShaking the Trees

Reflections on Sara Dykman’s Bicycling with Butterflies Book

Greg Tonian, 2017 –
Ideas are like Fireflies,
Brief flashes in the dark,
blinking.
Talk is cheap,
Life’s opportunities fleeting.

Dreams evaporate.
Yet Sara put mettle to pedal,
She set out on her quest,
Before it was too late.

Her goal was simple yet mad.
It would require lots of planning,
Lots of charts,
Though she wanted to be spontaneous,
A journey of this type,
Had many moving parts.

Courage and persistence she did not lack
She simply bicycled with the Monarchs,
From Mexico to Canada and back.
10,201 miles, 232 days,
Travelling countless byways.

01/18/2022

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