Questionnaire

What tells a flower to dry to paper

and make a packet for its own seeds?

Why do autumn crocuses, palest mauve,

keep no leaves for leaning on?

Where does the heron’s neck go,

perched so high in the cedar?

Who will hunt down the only member

of the Petrosaviales family?

Is it true only filched canary creepers thrive?

How does a small pink flower dye

dark blue?  Where does it hide its stain?

Which are tougher – roots put down

in a Scottish city or on a Chinese mountain?

What wit chose the paint

to match the moorhens’ beaks?

And why do weekend crowds

infuse the garden with restlessness?

How does a flower grow from stone?

What will happen when there’s more

to save than what remains?  Please explain.