Twentieth Amanita Ode
In a wind
the lake's scissoring surface
and the Sun's vernal glare
the gulls cut to curls
in their turns.
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The lake's lurid blue
irises like crepe paper fringe.
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Dragonflies in dozens of squadrons over grasses
stained in June sun
strobing
through teleportation
the headwinds are chasing.
Copyright Credit: Peter O’Leary, "Twentieth Amanita Ode" from Earth is Best. Copyright © 2019 by Peter O’Leary. Reprinted by permission of The Cultural Society.
Source: Earth is Best (The Cultural Society, 2019)