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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHITE MOTHS, by TIMOTHY LIU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Espaliered / to a radiator grille
Subject(s): Moths; Death; Life
First Line: Espaliered / to a radiator grille
Subject(s): Moths; Death; Life
espaliered
to a radiator grille
or hurled
from the glass cave
of a child's mason jar
into the garden spider's web --
a slow dance
of paralytic
stings, death's handiwork
spun out of silk, cradled
by the wind --
and the bodies
warm to touch in the rising
drone of dusk still flutter
among
the bronzed backs
of men in the park --
pale wings
fanning a glitter of dust.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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