Poetry. FLOWERS AND LEAVES is a long poem which was first published by the legendary Jargon Society more than forty-five years ago. Guy Davenport has since gained wide recognition as one of our most original short story writers. Here, in a poem dedicated to the memory of American composer Charles Ives, Davenport displays the mastery of collage and juxtaposition, the same acquaintance with both classical learning and Americana, the same weave of art and passion evidenced in the stories which were to follow.