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Rowan trees are sporting their red berries at the moment, waiting for winged Scandinavian plunderers to nourish themselves on their autumn journeys south. What admirable trees they are, writes Lesley ...

Rowan Ricardo Phillips is the author of the poetry collection “Silver,” among others. “The festival of eariwigs dispersed as I dragged / the blue tarp off the logs left to season now / for going on a ...