Our Poem of the Month for April 2021, selected by Anthology editors, Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally, from poems read at the April Open Mic.
Through the Roman Goddess of Spring
Erica Jolly
Flora: An Artistic Voyage through the World of Plants by Sandra Knapp,
published by the Natural History Museum.
What is it you all share?
Roots hold you to your world.
You have ways to attract visitors –
perfumes, colours and form.
You seek and find the light,
breathe in through pores
the energy you need.
Here, with Flora I can pause,
take it in, revel in the life
brought to me with such
loving attention to detail.
So much variety in leaves, petals,
flowers, fruits and families.
The blessings of diversity.