Friday, July 15, 2011

Peace For Me Now


after Baghdad

On the table by the window
balanced on its spine

this leaflet
butterfly open

and still as a
butterfly.

Peace for me now
zephyr through leaflet.

Peace for me soon
caribou and snow,

loping caribou
and caribou reclining.

By Donal Mahoney

1 comment:

The Bijou Poetry Review said...

Donal Mahoney has had poems published in The Bijou Poetry Review and other publications in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa.

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