The Tuft of Flowers Themes

There's nothing like a totally empty field to give you a serious case of the lonelys. At the start of "The Tuft of Flowers," the speaker is suffering from this condition in a bad way. He's convince...

"Why can't we be friends?" the speaker seems to wonder in "The Tuft of Flowers." He's not envisioning a drinking buddy or someone to go the ballgame with. He's after a simpler, but deeper, connecti...

It may shock you to learn that "The Tuft of Flowers" is not set in some downtown florist's shop. The best tufts, everyone knows, are out there in Mother Nature's store. Even better—she doesn't ch...