Nature
Illusion
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Lacquer Prints
Nature
Walking beside the tree-peonies,
I saw a beetle
Whose wings were of black lacquer spotted with milk.
I would have caught it,
But it ran from me swiftly
And hid under the stone lotus
Which supports the statue of Buddha.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Illusion.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/156/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Illusion.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/156/.
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