April 07, 2003
Monarch
From milkweed to lupine a woman shadows a monarch. Slowly makes her way, conveys her weight with care. And in the womb her son flutters, then butterfly-kicks against walls. The woman tracks a trail of burnished wings, migrating into the heart-notch of forest, then settles on a lichened tree-trunk where underground rivers flowing out of snow- mountain lakes rumble the decree of her unborn son: "Journey farther, journey deeper." Into darker woods she transports a monarch ruling, even now, unnamed territory. READ MORE >>
