Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Joseph Ceravolo: Dusk


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Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria): photo by 2+2=4. Probably, 2009




Before the dusk grows deeper
Now comes a little moth dressed in
rose pink, wings bordered with yellow. Now
a tiger moth, now..another..and another...another




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Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobeae), Adult showing hindwings, the Netherlands: photo by JMuiden, 2006
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Tiger Moth (Callimorpha dominula), Belgian High Ardennes: photo by James K. Lindsey, 2004

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Scarlet Tiger Moth (Callimorpha dominula), Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland: photo by Jeffdelonge, 2005

Joseph Ceravolo: Dusk, from Spring in This World of Poor Mutts, 1968
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4 comments:

  1. TC5 January 2011 at 06:21

    Also by Joe Ceravolo:

    May

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  2. Issa's Untidy Hut5 January 2011 at 12:35

    Tom, oh, I love this poem ...

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  3. TC5 January 2011 at 23:50

    Yes, one takes it in... and then takes a step back.

    In awe. Breathless.

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  4. Anonymous7 February 2013 at 05:19

    the beauty of simplicity and ability to watch

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