Jean Linville
plants rise & kiss my knees
Updated: May 26, 2020
April 25-29 week 2/72
tentatively they have been waiting
cozily tucked in beneath a layer of leaf mulch
then suddenly, as if awakened by the
scampering feet of three young chipmunks,
leaf and twig gathering of nesting cardinals,
lily pads unfurling beneath the swoop of swallow wings
or the seesaw of days filled with sun then rain
calico asters, hyssop and wild bergamot
push decaying maple and oak leaves aside
rising overnight to kiss my knees