William Keckler

a sparrow

the child asks how it knows
where to die

Daibutsu, Great Bronze Statue of Buddha at Kamakura, Japan by Henry Roderick Newman

About the writer:
William Keckler‘s Sanskrit of the Body was chosen by Mary Oliver for the National Poetry Series. He has work in the forthcoming anthology Haiku 2020 (Modern Haiku Press).

Image: Daibutsu, Great Bronze Statue of Buddha at Kamakura, Japan by Henry Roderick Newman (1843-1917). Watercolor and graphite on paper. 20 x 14 inches. 1898. Public domain.

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