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 2005-08-1
next ~ Carol Raisfeld

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