In June the bush we call
alder was heavy, listless,
its leaves studded with galls,
growing wherever we didn't
want it.


Poems of Denise Levertov, 1960-1967 (ed. New Directions Publishing, 1983) - ISBN: 9780811222501


In June the bush we call alder was heavy, listless, its leaves studded with galls, growing wherever we didn't want it.

In June the bush we call alder was heavy, listless, its leaves studded with galls, growing wherever we didn't want it.

In June the bush we call alder was heavy, listless, its leaves studded with galls, growing wherever we didn't want it.

In June the bush we call alder was heavy, listless, its leaves studded with galls, growing wherever we didn't want it.