The Butterfly Flutters By

By Sharon Gulley

A collection of short and long poems written in a variety of forms. Short childrens stories as well as stories for the adult mind.
Inspirational and emotional stories and poetry pulled right out of life experiences and childhood memories and all the wonderful
people who have come in and out of her life through the years that left impressions that last a lifetime.
Having grown up on a farm in Florida and having the seaside for adventures as well as being a daughter of a Naval Officer who traveled
a lot and always meeting new people was a blessing in helping to create a creative personality and mind.
Here are some of the stories and poetry that she hopes will entertain any audience, no matter what age.
All in the name of fun and laughter, there are 6 pictures to be found in the poetry written and a secret uplifting message in the book to be found.
You can send your answers to [e-mail], if you find the secret message and or pictures. She will be glad to acknowledge your find.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503580879

Sharon Gulley

Sharon Gulley has been writing professionally since 2005 and has been a professional truck driver and heavy equipment operator since 2005. She holds a class-A CDL and is a native of Rhode Island. A grandmother of 2 beautiful grandchildren ages 7 and 9, who are the love of her life. Her love for writing began as a child, but she really became serious about writing and becoming a published author at the age of forty-eight. Her favorite authors include James Agee, Robert Frost, Ann Rice, and Emily Dickerson as well as Mark Twain. She now resides in Jacksonville, Florida. She has won fourteen top-10 contests and was featured twice on Poetrysoup.com and on Poetry Soup’s Facebook Page, and has been a member of Poetrysoup since 2014. Being a lover of nature she also studies photography.

Book preview

Childhood Memories—Chapter One

1. The Sleeping Fairy

2. Pretty Polly Petree

3. A Boy and His Dreams

4. The Frog and the Cobbler

5. An Oyster Out Of Water

6. Dreams of a Mascaraed Ball

7. A Sailor of the Seas

8. Blossoms and Bubbles

9. Just Down the Road

10. In Loving Memory of My Grandma

11. Britches

12. Patches the Cat

13. Railway Journeys—The Train Ride Home

14. Blanket

15. The Wise Old Owl

16. A Tale of Wonder

17. Family History

The Sleeping Fairy

Little Bitty winged wrapped one so

tightly snuggled under autumn’s

warmth of the Morning’s sunny Elm’s

branch wrung.

So neatly protected and out of passerby’s

site with your colorful wings tucked in

so close by your side.

Not a sound, do you make and not much

room from this old tree, do you take.

What a joyous mystery you have brought

to life, my fairy friend for fantasy now

for me, is more than pretend.

Pretty Polly Petree

Pretty Polly Petree

sat on her little window seal

hoping the day would be full of fun

and thrills.

It was raining and the clouds left

no sun shining but

Pretty Polly Petree, believed in silver

linings.

So off to her room she left running, in

hopes to find some paint to make

a sun so bright and shinning.

Polly Petree painted a lovely view of the sun

and flowers so to chase away all the clouds,

and the thunder showers.

She took and hung it in the window

facing the sky.

Away went the clouds and the sun

waved to say Hi.

Butterflies and Blue Birds sat on the

windows edge;

They said, Thank you Polly,

for the sun upon our heads.

You are welcome, said Polly and

I hope your day is full of fun

and Oh so jolly.

A Boy and His Dreams

There once was a boy named Paul Revees

who wanted to sail all of the deep,

blue seas.

It is all he talked about most of the time

be it at home or in school and even in

the lunch line.

He so often dreamed of it in the night and

knew someday to the sea he

would take flight.

Paul finished school and a shipbuilder he became,

and off to sea he went,

when the ship was named.

He sailed the seas and through the years he kept notes,

and he lived happily ever after

on his ship named, The Happy Boat.

The Frog and the Cobbler

There once was a frog who wanted to wear shoes out of the swamp he left and off to a cobbler’s shop with no time to lose. The grasshoppers and crickets at him they did laugh, for why would a frog need shoes? He sits in water on the top of a lily pad. The frog kept hopping to the Cobbler as fast as he could for he knows what he wants, shoes made of wood. These rocks and stickers my feet they do hurt and with shoes I can move cooler in the hot dirt.

To the Cobbler’s shop he came and the sign said, Closed, and it began to rain. Oh my feet, the frog did say, I’ll have wait until the next opening day. Under the porch he slept that night and when morning came he was filled with such delight. The door said open but, how would he get inside and then came a child who reached down and grabbed him, and carried him in with pride. Upon the counter he placed his frog and the ole Cobbler looked, and seen him and said he belongs at the pond.

Oh please! The frog exclaimed, I need some shoes for my feet, surely you can understand me some shoes would be so neat. The Cobbler was met with such surprise as he understood what the frog was saying, by reading the look in his eyes. Some shoes for