My Garden Acquaintance

James Russell Lowell's 'My Garden Acquaintance' is a sublime exploration of the natural world as seen through the lens of one of America's most revered poets and essayists. This work unfurls within the microcosm of the garden, an emblematic space where Lowell's deeply-felt observations of plant life and seasonal changes become a vehicle for wider meditations on nature, mortality, and the human con...