A herbarium of poems

Wild Correspondences

  1. Plate I

    Snakeroot

    Nabalus — once Prenanthes

    A charm for becoming, after Appalachian folklore — a woodland plant that re-cuts the shape of its leaves as it grows up, and once shed its own name.

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  2. Plate II

    Cantharophily

    Magnolia grandiflora

    An epic in deep time, for a magnolia in a jar of tap water — the flower as the first engagement engine, the beetle it had to flatter, and the long line that runs from a Cretaceous bowl to the feed in your hand.

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  3. Plate III

    The World is as Soft as Lace

    Hibiscus grandiflorus & kin

    A tribute to the velvet of certain leaves — and to the boy who was taught that softness was a weakness. Three downy plants, and the proof that the velvet was the armor all along.

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