I believe this is Canadian Buffaloberry ~ Shepherdia canadensis
" Plains tribes believed that when the berries were ripe,
the buffalo were fat enough to hunt "
Plants of Alberta
Royer/Dickinson
" Our berries picked,
the mushrooms gathered,
each of us hides
in his heart a small piece
of this summer,
as mice store their roots
in a place
known only to them. "
Poem
John Haines
2 comments:
I'm not familiar with John Haines, but this poem will inspire me to find more of his work. Thank you for sharing. :)
Hi Lené
I enjoy John Haines, although he was born in Virginia he spent more than twenty years trapping and homesteading in Alaska so he really is a wilderness/nature poet.
Regards
Guy
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