Eupatorium maculatum
Acer pseudoplatanus
Quercus robur
About the plant poems:
They were sketched from life in a notebook. Later I created riso prints with two or three colours based on the sketches. I tried to make the words as visual as possible so not much description or illustration was needed, but in the case of ‘Acer Pseudoplatanus’ (sycamore) I added some actual sycamore leaves. ‘Quercus robur’ was based on a fallen oak I encountered, and ‘Eupatorium maculatum’ (Joe Pyeweed) felt like a very flamboyant plant.
Steph Morris’ poems have been published in his pamphlet Please don’t trample us; we are trying to grow!, in various magazines, in the anthologies Joy//Us – Poems of Queer Joy, Poetry Prescription: Becoming, and several gardens. He translates poetry from German, including Ilse Aichinger’s Squandered Advice and makes visual poetry. He can be found on Instagram @herr_morris70 and on Bluesky @herr-morris.bsky.social and on substack https://substack.com/@steph270408