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1 " I follow Plato only with my mindPure beauty strikes me as a little thinA little cold, however beautiful.I am in love with what is mixed and impureDoubtful, dark and hard to disencumberI want beauty I must dig for, search for.Pure beauty is beginning and not endBegin with the sun and drop from sun to cloudFrom cloud to tree, and from tree to earth itselfAnd deeper yet to the earth dark root.I am in love with what resists my lovingWith what I have to labor to make live. "
― Robert Francis
2 " A crowd of flowers is a crowdof flatterers (forgive me).One flower at a time. I wantto hear what it is saying. "
3 " backroad leafmold stonewall chipmunkunderbrush grapevine woodchuck shadblowwoodsmoke cowbarn honeysuckle woodpilesawhorse bucksaw outhouse wellsweepbackdoor flagstone bulkhead buttermilkcandlestick ragrug firedog brownbreadhilltop outcrop cowbell buttercupwhetstone thunderstorm pitchfork steeplebushgristmill millstone cornmeal waterwheelwatercress buckwheat firefly jewelweedgravestone groundpine windbreak bedrockweathercock snowfall starlight cockcrow "