flourish, viola
by Rae White
Source: the Society for Growing Australian Plants Bulletin, June 2014.
flourish, viola
for the Viola banksii
flourish a shady
moist area
botanical
seed
dispersal
the
capsule open
the seed pod splits
boat-shaped each
dark seed
packed neatly and tightly
dries
and shrinks
narrows and squeezes
wet marble between
your fingers
wonder in
bright purple
Rae White
Rae White is a non-binary transgender poet, writer and zinester living in Australia. Their poetry collection Milk Teeth (University of Queensland Press) won the 2017 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry. Rae’s poem ‘what even r u?’ placed second in the 2017 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Their poetry has been published in Cordite Poetry Review, Meanjin Quarterly, Overland, Rabbit and others. Rae is the editor of #EnbyLife, a journal for non-binary and gender diverse creatives.