Chrysalis–Poem of the Day – February 21, 2022

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Chrysalis

chrysalis
downward opening
emerging life form
offworlders desire
dinner

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This is a sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:
1 word / 2 words / 3 words / 2 words / 1 word

Previously published in Polar Starlight 2, June 2021.

Written by Roxanne Barbour.