Saturday, April 29, 2023

Finding Trilliums

Find me in the warm shade

Find me on the east slope of Marquam Hill

          where the black squirrels roam

Find me among the sprawling ferns

Where the woodpeckers knock-knock overhead in the standing dead trees

Where the hillside soaked in winter rain drains slowly across the path

Find me where the fir needles lie so thick

          that soil is just a distant rumor

There, where I spread my giant triple leaves

Where I raise my trefoil standard of cerise paling to pink to white

Find me there.

 

Books Available
Dervish Lions
The Day of My First Driving Lesson
Country Well-Known as an Old Nightmare's Stable
High-Voltage Lines
Knocking from Inside

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