common edible weeds

wild weeds sing ancient songs

tsukushi
water-loving horsetails gather in early spring
sort gifts and give them freely
to animal or us

bracken fern
(warabi)
forgives wrongs done to wild places

tara-no-me (angelica)
and kogomi (fiddlehead ferns)
know memories of Great lakes wetland and northern wood
should remain as secret loves

while renkon (lotus root)
dipped in soy
remembers a pond,
a green darner
facing forward,
and my first flower boy

These food dreams!
Wrapped in persimmon leaves
I'll eat them warm
with grace and gratitude.