From a place of solace and chaos comes OF DAISIES AND DEAD VIOLINS, a poetry collection by the renowned S.B. Borgersen, author of WHILE THE KETTLE BOILS and FISHERMEN’S FINGERS. The poems in this marvelous collection sow seeds that burst into unforgettable moments that crack the world open time and time again.

From the collection:

A Sliver of a Nova Scotia Summer

It dawns on you one morning late in June

as mayflowers start their fade:

soon the lady’s slipper orchids

will arrive to tell their message

in gentle pink-tinted voices

as if in secret

‘summer’s on its way’

you know you’ve yet to see the yarrow

the partridge berry and rhodora

but on the shaded forest floor

painted trillium and Angelica

unfurling ferns and wild iris

let you know for sure

‘summer has arrived’

Monarch butterflies arrive in clouds

with ruby-throated hummingbirds

all this way north from Mexico.

Dragonflies and damselflies

flirt hints of purple greens

around still pools

‘yes, summer’s really here’

wild strawberries and blueberries

for summer picnics on the shore

you feel the soft white sand

beneath your feet and dip

toes in the welcome

clear warm ocean.

and now you taste,

smell, feel, gaze,

hear those gentle lapping waves

of summer