“Nothing can dim
the light that shines
from within.”
— Maya Angelou
optical illusion
silky bed of shimmering floss
glowing threads of light
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When milkweed pods burst open in the sun, wavelengths of light are temporarily trapped in the pods’ hollow hairlike fibers. Scattered back to the eye without being absorbed, they transform the silky strands into glowing filaments of light • Photo by Jan Logozzo • “Shimmering” haiku by Mary O’Connor
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