MERVEILLE DU JOUR

 


Merveille du Jour

The Merveille du Jour was first named in 1762, in 'The Aurelian' by Moses Harris, itself a product of the Aurelian Society of naturalists.


The wonder holds fast

To the garage wall,

A flake of autumn lichen,

Each fine fleck of black

Etched into the spring green

Of daylight stillness.

Those Aurelians knew

The power of a name,

Given to make us see

Beauty overlooked.

 


November 2025.


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