Among & on the milkweed

by Ann E. Michael
boxelderbeetlebabies?

Baby box elder beetles?

boxelderbeetles

Adult box elder beetles. Possibly. (I’m no entomologist.) Milkweed: definitely.

Wandering this evening, down into the meadow, drained of words, exhausted, I found these creatures emerging (and the milkweed silk and seeds emerging, and the katydid songs emerging) and felt I was among the living.

Which I am. And also among the milkweed.

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2 comments on “Among & on the milkweed”

  1. Flurries « ann e michael says:
    May 11, 2020 at 12:20 pm

    […] chapbook has a lovely cover. [Readers may know I’m a fan of milkweed.] And the poems fascinate as they unravel–almost literally–on the page, in a form of […]

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  2. Poetry Blog Digest 2020, Week 20 – Via Negativa says:
    May 17, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    […] chapbook has a lovely cover. [Readers may know I’m a fan of milkweed.] And the poems fascinate as they unravel–almost literally–on the page, in a form of erasure […]

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