From a place of solace and chaos comes OF DAISIES AND DEAD VIOLINS, a poetry collection by the renowned S.B. Borgersen, author of WHILE THE KETTLE BOILS and FISHERMEN'S FINGERS. The poems in this marvelous collection sow seeds that burst into unforgettable moments that crack the world open time and time again.
From the collection:
A Sliver of a Nova Scotia Summer
It dawns on you one morning late in June
as mayflowers start their fade:
soon the lady's slipper orchids
will arrive to tell their message
in gentle pink-tinted voices
as if in secret
'summer's on its way'
you know you've yet to see the yarrow
the partridge berry and rhodora
but on the shaded forest floor
painted trillium and Angelica
unfurling ferns and wild iris
let you know for sure
'summer has arrived'
Monarch butterflies arrive in clouds
with ruby-throated hummingbirds
all this way north from Mexico.
Dragonflies and damselflies
flirt hints of purple greens
around still pools
'yes, summer's really here'
wild strawberries and blueberries
for summer picnics on the shore
you feel the soft white sand
beneath your feet and dip
toes in the welcome
clear warm ocean.
and now you taste,
smell, feel, gaze,
hear those gentle lapping waves
of summer
