A Poem For Today - Lobocraspis griseifusa

[KEN DICKINSON]

Lobocraspis griseifusa

This is the tiny moth who lives on tears,
who drinks like a deer at the gleaming pool
at the edge of the sleeper’s eye, the touch
of its mouth as light as a cloud’s reflection.

In your dream, a moonlit figure appears
at your bedside and touches your face.
He asks if he might share the poor bread
of your sorrow. You show him the table.

The two of you talk long into the night,
but by morning the words are forgotten.
You awaken serene, in a sunny room,
rubbing the dust of his wings from your eyes.

Ted Kooser

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[Marvin Glass]

Ars Poetica....its power is in its lyric beauty.! Good Man TK.....mglass

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[catherine eliaser]

Fascinating and touching

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> Ars Poetica....its power is in its lyric beauty.! Good Man TK.....mglass

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[Kurt Heyl]

Thanks Ken, you have a good eye for poems, how many tears have you been doing this everyday?

A Big Hug

Kurt

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[Kurt Heyl]

Typo I meant years, not tears

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[Fernando Aranguiz]

The years came later

to take care of the tears...

Fernando

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[John Jai Conley]

Is there such a thing as a Freudian typo, Kurt? I liked both versions!

I’ve been having vivid dreams for a while. I appreciate these dreamlike images. It often takes a bit, metaphorically, for the residue of dreams to be digested.

And sometimes I don’t know what I et.

Jai 

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[David Glick]

The delicate beauty of this poem is magnificent. The images in this poem are so expressive and the line "the poor bread of your sorrow" especially grabs me. In such a brief poem we are treated to a magnificent journey whose ending is a delightful surprise.

David

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