Encountering Orchids & Poetry Where You Least Expect Them

{Check out the expanded, prose version of this post on Rebelle Society. Here's the poem that came first: }We were invited to Jose Raul's gardenOn the edge of a small town in the south of Colombia(He is a smiling security guard at my sister-in-law's place)We walked in to his family's humble abodeGreeted by dogs, kids, a bunny and a cup of homemade blackberry wine from his lovely wifeHe has over 200 species of orchids growing there in a tiny greenhouseSome microscopic, some medium, some largeOne that only blooms once every six yearsHe's also a poet, with two published books to bootJose Raul the smiling security guard, the hospitable botanist, the published poetThank you for showing me your flowers and poemsThank you for reminding me to drop expectationsThank you for reminding me not to judge a book by its coverThank youMil gracias