About Anthony's Poem Poem by RIC BASTASA

quite a gem
gold in luster
gleaming
amidst the mud
the sun sighs
saying: how can
they ever not notice
the beauty of his poems?

what a gem i too said,
and then i feel so light like a tiny white bird
and i fly near the nugget
of wisdom
so smooth is the color so like the golden sheen of the sun

the peace and quiet
the contemplation i still remember
beside a pond
underneath a lotus flower
is a charming koi.