anthology (n.) a collection of flowers

and wherever

and wherever happens

in this small globe, come summer,

come the rise of moisture,

come the business of spiders

through the dew-

beaded tussock, will be

written here,

come the flower.

Cross-pollinating the stalwart pocket field guide with the genre of poetry, anthology's poems convey stories that together create a life. Delving into the lives of our lesser-known native flowers, this collection animates the natural world of Aotearoa New Zealand with a playfulness of words and the skilful layering of ideas.