Deep Sky Anchor

by Mary E. Lowd

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Chase meaning
Like a butterfly catcher
With a net
And you’ll only catch
Exoskeletons, bereft Continue reading “The Meaningful Butterfly”

by Mary E. Lowd

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Poetry or mathematical equations?
The universe’s calculations
Encoded into genetic material
Recording something ethereal Continue reading “The Inscrutable Butterfly”

by Mary E. Lowd

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Poetry inscribed
On a butterfly’s wings
Indecipherable
Ancient, untraceable Continue reading “The Poetic Butterfly”

by Mary E. Lowd

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The universe is
A pattern drawn
On a butterfly’s wings

by Mary E. Lowd

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Cat wants fish
Cat sees;
Cat wants—
Fish, fish, fish

by Mary E. Lowd

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One from Earth, the other not
Their friendship crosses
Boundaries of space
Time, gravity, vacuum, society Continue reading “The Fox and Their Friend”

by Mary E. Lowd

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Green and shimmery
Strange and glimmery
This fox has never met before
Someone both so different and…
Yet, similar Continue reading “The Fox and the Alien”

by Mary E. Lowd

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Jumping across the veil
Between one world and
Another Continue reading “The Fox and the Other World”

by Mary E. Lowd

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Trepidatious, cautious
Unsure if she should take
That final step Continue reading “The Fox and the Portal”

by Mary E. Lowd

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When a wisp of galaxy decides
It would like to try
Being something smaller—
Just a stretch of land Continue reading “When a Galaxy Wants to Be Small”