Nature Wild Oats 9 Sep 20233 Sep 2023 Not the one that looks like a weedblowing seed to wind.No, the showier one—Uvularia sessilifolia, Bellwort,Merry Bells.One of the first wildflowers to pop up in spring.Like a rambunctious kidsweeping through…
Nature Forget-Me-Nots 8 Sep 20233 Sep 2023 (Myosotis sylvatica) Fifteen months after my mother’s death I sprinkled portions of her cremains in meaning-filled areas as I trekked around England. what have you noticed as you walk the…
Nature Snow drops 7 Sep 20233 Sep 2023 Their bowed heads tremble in the displaced air from the Broad Street traffic Nestled between last year’s leaves, this year’s grass, and everything we’ve discarded a limp surgical mask, a…
Nature Heart of the Earth 6 Sep 20233 Sep 2023 I am the amethyst studded stalk of self-heal.You have named me well - blue earth, heart-of-the-earthhealing the hurt of the world with my purple dressings.Generosity fills every part of me.Place…
Nature summer sorrow songs 5 Sep 20233 Sep 2023 sing to the wind andthe grass will harmonize flowers begin to cry outover the wailing chorussharp blades sendingscreams bouncinglike pinball in the woodsending up in bark and twigsstored, only releasedby…
Nature Tiburon Lily 4 Sep 20233 Sep 2023 Start any time so long as it’s the lastof May, the first of June—and morning, pleasewhen the hillside listens for your footfall, and shadows teaseeach hollow in the rock with…
Nature Lamentations of an Orchid 3 Sep 202331 Aug 2023 Before the transitionI was delivered with carein the finest of greenhouses caressed and soothedby skillful hands and gentle raysof indirect sunlight life was full of promisehope ever boundlesslike my ancestors…
Nature Ode to a Lady’s Slipper 2 Sep 202316 Oct 2023 I stop at a lady’s slipper see its long pink balloon blossom with fuschia veins that stream through tender flesh. Its entryway is concealed between lightly scented folds to entice…
Poetry of the Wild Flowers Dandelion Application 1 Sep 20239 Aug 2023 It’s a bad rap, his ex-con image: rough-edged leaves and desire to lay low to the ground, but his references vouch for his many talents. They say he’ll work anywhere…
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