a.

elms tower the swale

and feathered honey understory

stop listen see

.

b.

thick-cut rivers of bark

spleenworts humbling below

root yourself in the made

.

c.

zygomorphic spikes

of great blue lobelia

crowding our hasty retreat

.

sanders park state natural area is set within a park and ringed ’round by exculpating road(!). two different kinds of forest grow on swells and swale, an ancient terrace of lake michigan. an intermittent stream flows thru the whole; lots of wildflower and fern species.

thanks to racine county parks for keeping this patch of earth.