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Sunday, August 31, 2025

August Hedgerow Momentarily

Photograph by Josef Koudelka

 

Thin as splinters,

butterflies

borne on white wings

like flags,

flitting over the hedgerow

like scraps of paper

wind-blown.


Dallying over the brambles,

wings

bright as lighthouses;

careless

like children playing

as birds watch,

beaks like mousetraps.