Published Oct 08, 2015
86 Pages
Genre: POETRY / General
Litany of the Plants is an exquisite collection of 52 poems—smug poems, poems expressing gratitude, poems of joy, satire, appreciation, romance, and rebellion—narrated by a variety of voices. These voices include a person near senility, a barroom ranter, a confessor, a clown, a bureaucrat, a racist, and a romantic, while three very different travelers narrate the North Dakota poems. There are consumers of scientific research, the observer of nature, and even a fern that offers an observation about landscape paintings. Written primarily in free verse and rich in slant rhyme and consonance, these poems feature a curiosity about life, science, and the struggle for existence. Flowing like an undercurrent throughout the collection is a celebration of scientific inquiry and its accomplishments…and the joy to be found in the natural world.
J. Dan Paquette is a student of the life sciences. When not researching, reading, or writing poems, he’s often hiking or playing piano. He holds advanced degrees in media, sociology, and librarianship and is a member of both poetry and plant societies. Paquette lives with his family in Bothell, Washington.
