“For you: anthophilous, lover of flowers” by Reginald Dwayne Betts : Poetry Magazine

“For you: anthophilous, lover of flowers” by Reginald Dwayne Betts : Poetry Magazine

For you: anthophilous, lover of flowers,

green roses, chrysanthemums, lilies: retrophilia,

philocaly, philomath, sarcophilous—all this love,

of the past, of beauty, of knowledge, of flesh; this is

catalogue & counter: philalethist, negrophile, neophile...