Reading makes you imagine possibilities
| so little open prairie left little waves of bluestem little fuzzy tongue penstemon quieter the golden currant nodding onion quieter now as well only a few clusters of Colorado butterfly plant still yawn into the night where there once was prairie a few remaining fireflies abstract themselves over roads and concrete paths prairie wants to stretch full out again and sigh— purple prairie clover prairie zinnia prairie dropseed nodding into solidago bee balm brushing rabbitbrush—prairie wants prairie wants prairie wants |
| Copyright © 2023 by Camille T. Dungy. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on April 21, 2023, by the Academy of American Poets. |
Favorite catalogs: February to part of April, I’m reading catalogs, then starting to plant!
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Fedco
Territorial
Pinetree Garden Seeds
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Peace Seedlings
High Country Gardens
Annie’s Annuals and Perennials
Heritage Roses
Raintree Nursery
Burnt Ridge Nursery
One Green World