Tagged: botany
justification
justification
for survival has many
faces – chasmophytes
.
20170811:1047
y
you and i still stop
you and i still stop
for the possibilities
of mutant clovers
sometimes – faith, hope, love, luck – caught
growing between every gap
.
20170605:1736
y
things we leave unsaid
things we leave unsaid
sprout tendrils, winding their way
around suitable
hosts, a cellular invasion,
a parasite of memory
.
20160728:0723
y
we are all bouquets,
we are all bouquets,
coming together, mostly
beauty in progress
.
20160310:1758
y
the day before my
the day before my
birthday, i am
away from the
city and
home, once
again, a daughter,
a child, a gardener,
an herbalist, a sister,
a granddaughter,
all of whom are
vessels transporting
memories to the
plant, dispersing
the years
.
20150924:1258
y
you squeeze air into
you squeeze air into
golden sustenance, a leaf
fueling the wind
.
20140427:1112
y
in that historic
in that historic
district, on the steps
of west twenty-
eighth street, a lost
slipper with glittering
tendrils beckoned
to be carried home,
nourished, reassured,
cultivated, cooed over
.
20130305:0844
y
when it turned out
when it turned out
that even weekends
were not exempt from
the slow rotting and
unraveling that come
with uncared for
things, our
tillandsia had not
a bit of anchor,
found no air
deposits to contain
any more stirrings
that could
indicate a chance
for survival
.
20130303:0425
y
we pick up where we
we pick up where we
left off, alongside hidden
trails, straight roads, and
winding highways.
and like that common
summer wildflower,
at any given
moment, we are
simultaneous –
at myriad stages
of blossoming –
budding, opened
flat, parachuting,
or closed, with a
fist-like vitality
.
20121208:1210
y
a stirring in the
a stirring in the
congenial dogwoods this
morning – once again
the spider has caught the light,
dawn stages scant resistance
.
20120629:1200
y
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