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The Gardener

This is the narrator of many of the poems in Wild Iris who contemplates God's existence from the garden.

God

This is the narrator of many poems including "Vespers" who addresses humanity.

John

This is the gardener's spouse who, the gardener says, finds peace in working in the garden.

Noah

This is the gardener's son who says that depressives dislike spring.

Daisies

These flowers accuse humans of being more interested in machines and technology than nature.

Witchgrass

This plant accuses humans of naming it only to have a "slur" (22) to use to blame it for everything that goes wrong.

Jacob's Ladder

This plant says that it too wants "to go to heaven" (24) like the gardener and wonders if the gardener's grief has to do with her desire for immortality.

Hawthorn Tree

This tree says it does not need to follow the couple to understand their feelings because...

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