<1 minutes of reading
Some hardship curved it into
a green ampersand. Tendrils sprout
along a resolute stem.
I want to lean close, ask
for some photoautotrophic wisdom.
Listen to the soil’s bacterial choir.
Convert to the worship
plants have practiced since the Beginning.
Laura Grace Weldon is the author of the poetry collections Blackbird (Grayson Books, 2019) and Tending (Aldrich Press, 2013), as well as a handbook of alternative education titled Free Range Learning (Hohm Press, 2010). Connect with her at lauragraceweldon.com or @earnestdrollery on Twitter.
The Center's campus is a workspace for Chicago-based staff, a retreat center for the Center's gatherings of thought-leaders, a laboratory in which to practice land-relationship ideas shared by Center contributors, and (one day soon) a welcoming space for periodic public events.
