from 'Wonderful and Wise'
While reading a poem
on my computer screen
a teensy fly
as weightless as a dust mote
wings which fluttered
at the slightest breath
for just a moment lit on it
before he lifted off again
and with him
my attention.
thank you. i'm glad you enjoyed it. an excellent poem with a similar theme is trees by joyce kilmer. i encourage you to read it if you don't know it already. all the best to you. -gk
Focused our attention so subtly again on a little marvel of creation. Nice one, Glen! Do you know that? I also wrote a poem about a fly? It's called The Riddle.
thanks, as always, for reading and commenting, laurie. i'll have to check out the riddle. wonder if it's on the order of why did God ever make flies. -glen
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
a teensy fly as weightless as a dust mote wings which fluttered at the slightest breath for just a moment lit on it before he lifted off again - - - The little marvels around us catch our attention before we engage in mundane duties. A short and beautiful poem with wise thoughts.
thank you, bharati. and i like your phrase little marvels. while our attention can be so focused on what is called news, God is unceasingly at work in the world through nature and neighbors and us. -gk