Quote of the Day

Was worm
swaddled in white.

Now, tiny queen
in sequin coat
peacock-bright,
drinks the wind and feeds
on sweat of leaves.

Is little chinks
of mosaic floating,
a scatter of colored beads.

Alighting, pokes
with her new black wire,
the saffron yokes.

On silent hinges
open-folds her wings'
applauding hands.

Weaned
from coddling white
to lake-deeep air,
to blue and green,
is queen.

May Swenson