Magnolia. You stopped me in the road. I pulled over to the side. You were that insistent.
And then I saw the leaf emerges from the same bud as the flower. And somehow I found that utterly remarkable.
And then I saw the leaf emerges from the same bud as the flower. And somehow I found that utterly remarkable.
Tulip in the raw.
Tulip in the raw.
Transpiring.
Transpiring.
Naked before a million universes.
Naked before a million universes.
In an unknown land.
In an unknown land.
It was gonna be a reach.
It was gonna be a reach.
This morning the light was more shroud than illuminator. Even petals folded back...
This morning the light was more shroud than illuminator. Even petals folded back upon themselves protecting a world I would never see and could hardly imagine.
Ancient and made to withstand the scuttling of pollinating beetles.
Ancient and made to withstand the scuttling of pollinating beetles.
In the murky light your universe was still visible and went on without a concern for my limited faculties.
In the murky light your universe was still visible and went on without a concern for my limited faculties.
And then this little beauty. No hot house cultivation here. No greenhouse. No attempt...
And then this little beauty. No hot house cultivation here. No greenhouse. No attempt to market or sell or propagate in suburbia. Tiny. The plant is less than 2" high overall. The blossom maybe 1/8 inch. Covers the hill I trudge up at dawn. And. It. Bloomed.
On the leaf of honeysuckle.
On the leaf of honeysuckle.
And sometimes when she fell she landed just so.
And sometimes when she fell she landed just so.
If I could just trust that when I fell I would land.
If I could just trust that when I fell I would land.
That's how things would fall.
That's how things would fall.
—at Skillins Greenhouses
The worlds you would show me.
The worlds you would show me.
Drops of rain like your hand running down her back...
Drops of rain like your hand running down her back in some slow dance to the music of clouds and an open sky. She mostly swooned on her tulip stem.
Impossible curves
Impossible curves
If I looked closely enough, it seemed you looked back.
If I looked closely enough, it seemed you looked back.
Because I will need the antidote of your great beauty...
Because I will need the antidote of your great beauty. I will need to show up to it again and again to manage forward.
—at Skillins Greenhouses