The Botanist And The Politician

By John Grey Black ants on the march,Green darners in formation.Basket-tails snapping up invisible meals.A politician is seized by soldiers in the middle of the night.The meadow’s alive withgrayish-pink rabbit-foot clover,alfalfa’s short spears of dark blue-violet,bright yellow bird’s foot trefoil.He attacked the ruling party in print.There’s so much happeningwhere people seldom look.And also where they’re … Continue reading The Botanist And The Politician