sweet peas, wild

close up photo of purple flowers
can

dry pods twist
split-seam
summer heat and
pop

you

seeding themselves
with such precise
abandon beyond all
tending

hear

field a-frill
with flamenco
dance bloom and
blush

them?

twirling their
gently perfumed
skirts in dizzy
glee


-lanette smith

lanette’s love of nature began in the greenhouse at age four and hasn’t stopped. when she’s not digging in the dirt, you can find her paddling the river in her kayak, attempting to bake sourdough bread, or traipsing about in her yellow rain boots.