The languid flight
in summer night
of a graceful moth.
Its patterned wings –
exquisite things –
soft like velvet cloth.
No need for flash
or dazzling hue –
subtle panache
bewitches too.
2019
(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)
© Doris Potter
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Your words and the moth are both bewitching.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much messymimi.
DeleteLovely picture and poem. I find moths fascinating. Many are so colourful and have such wonderful names. xx
ReplyDeleteI agree Flighty. I love their names and wish more people recognized their beauty.
DeleteThe observant and sensitive eye of the poet.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that Anvilcloud. :-)
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