Jenna Villforth Veazey
Common milkweed
Tender silken sail
seed ridden
set forth
only to separate—
spin now, under silvered sun,
a jewel on display,
finest filament
spider-curious.
Float far from home
only to arrive
empty handed,
free.
Jenna Villforth Veazey is a poet and Virginia Master Naturalist. In 2023, she created Poetry on the Trail, an installation of QR codes accessing nature poems in conversation with their natural environment (Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail, in King George, VA, and the Elizabeth River Trail, in Norfolk, VA).