“Banksia in Bloom” by Mary-Louise Hartley, Australia  (1878-1952)

Orange spikes in summer blaze,

buzzing bees and whispers soft—

a dance of life on thorn and leaf,

fragile, fierce, and free.

From A Poem A Day: Australasia & the Pacific

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