Allan Peterson

INSTEAD OF THE USUAL

Some of my favorite authors are the moths.
Doris Tiger, apparently rare,
who wrote worms among lettuce. Tersa Sphinx,
feeding on star clusters,
common to abundant in the South
and favoring light's fictions.  But especially Io,
one of the silks,
whose most moving work was writing its future
on the hand of Ruth Gonzalez
by signing her wrist with eggs, instead of the usual
birches and clovers,
the literal gold wings moving, cover to cover.

Email:

apeterson71@mchsi.com

- August 2002 - hornet Body Parts for Art Naming Trees Divinity is for angels Hogs Loosed En Route to Slaughter The Masturbating Baboon at the Brookfield Zoo Marina Tsvetaeva First Time Crow and Raven Rembrandt while Saskia Watched Instead of the Usual - Stirring's Steamiest Six - The Word Witness It Wasn't Until Later It Not Love Amoroso