Moth
My first of the season,
its legs, tiny head and wings
in permanent suspension
above an exposition
of the Enlightenment.
I wasn’t really thinking,
I just snapped shut
at the right moment
and now have it forever
skipping for sheer joy.
Anthony Wilson is the author of six collections of poetry, the most recent of which is The Wind and the Rain (Blue Diode Publishing, 2023). Anthony is also the editor of the anthology Lifesaving Poems (Bloodaxe, 2015). anthonywilsonpoetry.com