Few things match sitting by the mimosa in the morning,
with dogs and coffee and a journal for wandering.
The bumblebees drift by,
a slight hum in the air,
weaving pink-white thread-flower to thread-flower.
Catbirds and cardinals take sides in the tree,
chattering from limb to limb.
My journal and pens, wet with dew,
wait for me to return from the mimosa,
but I want to be as much the flower
as near the flower,
so, I move my chair closer,
morning sweetness in the air,
these words as much leaf as on leaf,
threadbare as thread-flowers.
David Taylor is an Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Environmental Humanities track in the Sustainability Studies Program in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. His writing crosses disciplinary boundaries and genres—poetry, creative nonfiction, scholarship, and science writing; however, at the core of his work always is a concern for environmental sustainability and community. He has published poetry in many journals, including Terrain.org and Whitefish.