Introducing
A Botanical Reading:
Waking this First Night Sharing My Bed
January 7, 2026
Welcome to the first installment of A Botanical Reading. In this short, poetry-centered episode of Gathered: Storied Botanicals, I share a poem, Waking This First Night Sharing My Bed. First drafted years ago and revisited after surviving a house fire, the poem reflects on intimacy, home, breath, and the unseen ways we are connected.
A Botanical Reading marks a new mini-episode in between the usual podcast format and offers a quiet moment to slow down, listen, and sit with words.
The poem featured in this episode is part of The Botanical Post, a monthly floral art mail club and Substack offering that delivers floral art, poetry, postcards, and letters directly to your mailbox — another way of bringing more flowers into your life.