Caroline beside the sundial – Kevin Ireland
for a fraction
everything was stilled
camera-lens and water-lily
a droplet hanging from a leaf
undropped
the gnomon
idled in the sun
thistledown bristled
you said the dial
said one
for five-hundredths of a second
the shutter gaped
ripples pitched the lily-pond
droplets plopped
thistledown swarmed off
in that tripped moment
daylight blinked
time lay in a tray of fixative
Caroline and Eternity
Are linked
O'Sullivan, V. (Ed.). (1979). An anthology of twentieth century New Zealand poetry. Wellington: Oxford University Press.
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