I have had a poem chosen to go into a splendid book about butterflies.

It is called Hedge Brown and it was great poem to work on. I am pleased with the finished poem so I was very happy it was chosen. The Hedge Brown Butterfly is also known as the Gatekeeper. As soon as I read that I was inspired to write about it.

From good old Wikipedia:

"The name "Gatekeeper" may refer to its frequent occurrence near field gates and to the man who was responsible for the toll gates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when butterflies were more numerous than they are today."