Andy Steger’s Reviews > Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants > Status Update

The birds at my place know
RWK's voice

Each morning
At least when I'm doing my duty
Of belonging to the land,

I bring my audiobook outside
And she chats and tells stories
To me and the birds

They sing back from their pecan branches
I rock forth from my porch swing
The three of us share the morning

Over breakfast, coffee, or just
The sweet smell of opening spring
In the cradle between old river and older ridges