seedlings
climbing beans
slugs
polytunnel
beeswax
pigment
Cherokee tears

the ninth wave

the ninth wave engulfed me under the ninth moon’s glow

i witnessed nine hazelnuts plucked from the ancient tree

i stood amidst nine valiant shield maidens

i reigned as the queen atop the garden’s pinnacle

i nestled in the pouch warmed by a porridge poultice

i adorned the albino ferret perched on a young girl’s shoulder

i accompanied the polecat ferret on its opposite perch

i embodied that young girl’s spirit and essence

i spoke as the ginger tom, scaling the mighty sycamore

i felt the phantom pregnancy as the golden labrador

i met my fate as an adder beneath a tourist’s careless wheel

i surfaced as a porpoise on the shores of camuseorna

i washed ashore again at camas malag, a stranded marine soul

i soared as the crow with a solitary leg

i succumbed to the cat’s claws as the rat in its grasp

i roamed as the sheep, passing through bride’s domain,

meeting my end on the hill of the old woman

the ninth wave, 2024

seedling drawings
charcoal on paper

flora