Inspired by Issa - Chrysanthemum

out of the chrysanthemum
three inchworms doing
a glide dance

too bright a stage
for these inchworms' glide dance
the chrysanthemum

inspired by

carefully measured
by the inchworm...
chrysanthemum
-Issa,1821

poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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