perfectly still --
the egret standing
in its own whiteness



a chalice of
dewdrops---
the daffodil







high noon,
a butterfly
painting shadows



the stillness of
a moth that didn't
reach the moon









Robert D. Wilson
















perfectly still ... Mainichi 11/05
a chalice ... Haijin's Magazine
high noon ... Stylus Poetry Journal 04/04
the stillness ... Tempslibres
Robert Wilson ~ page m2