Moth on the window

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Each year you are reborn

and rest on my window.

I peer at your insect features

framed by wooden deck and field.

I wonder if you look 

inside—what do you see

beyond the glass? a human nest,

dappled shades of light, or

undivided infinite?

~

A response to dVerse Poetics: “Looking Out/Looking In”

©2017 Ontheland

Published by Janice

My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

29 thoughts on “Moth on the window”

  3. Such a wonderful photo for the prompt! And I find myself, because of your skillfully writ words, looking carefully at the moth, and then out the window to what lies beyond. Your words direct my eye. I especially like how you “enter” into the moth’s being by your questions. Great response to the prompt! Thank you for posting .

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  9. Lovely poem and photo, Janice! How did you manage to capture the moth – whenever I try to photograph a butterfly or moth, they fly away!
    I love the thought behind the lines:
    ‘I peer at your insect features
    framed by wooden deck and field.
    I wonder if you look
    inside …’

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  12. Ah, I like the question about what the moth sees inside. What would others think when they see our window? Perhaps, interesting enough for a moth to find its way in. 🙂

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  13. “I peer at your insect features / framed by wooden deck and field.”…What a wonderful image to behold! Also love how thoughts begin to rise from this magical frame. So beautiful.

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