Look, a butterfly. Did you make a wish?

You don't wish on butterflies.

You do so. Did you make one?

Yes.

It doesn't count.

(C) Louise Gluck
03/29/2017


Best Poems of Louise Gluck

• Labor Day
• Snowdrops
• Midnight
• The Pond
• Matins
• Widows
• The Untrustworthy Speaker
• Castile
• The Gold Lily
• Vespers
• Happiness
• The Wild Iris
• Love Poem
• Confession
• The Butterfly
• Lullaby
• Siren
• The Garden
• A Fantasy
• The Fear Of Burial
• Parousia