DPF / Dante

Then, not quite the opposite of gardens.

from The Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Canto X / by Dante Alighieri

And in her mien this language had impressed,
“Ecce ancilla Dei,” as distinctly
As any figure stamps itself in wax.

DPF / Clampitt

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From kingfishers and queens to botanicals, another favorite.

from Botanical Nomenclature / by Amy Clampitt

toggled into a seawall scree,
these tuffets of skyweed
neighbored by a climbing tideline