Poetry at Sangam

Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.

A WORD WRITTEN ON A BUTTERFLY WING by A. Anupama

defined pellucid by sunlight
and pronounced by its flutter
(a silent h), then
conjugated into its many
dustings with pollen.
Plural: reverse-wing patterning
to hide it from birds.
In a sentence: Meadow, meadow,
garden.
A word on the butterfly’s tongue
rolls the r’s, rolling
until the flower cups its ear.
The butterfly egg wordlessly
maps home.

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