2012 Poetry Month

With a Shout of Magenta

WITH A SHOUT OF MAGENTA
by April Halprin Wayland

Why are these flowers—
pouring down the hot hills like
lava—called ice plants?

From the NAPPA’s Gold Award Winner for Storytelling recording,  It’s Not My Turn To Look For Grandma And Other Stories (1997)

photo courtesy of www.gro-O.com
photo courtesy of www.gro-O.com

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