grass-stained knees tamp earth
roots extend through rocky soil
each sprout a blessing
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Erin Tuthill is a Boise, ID, native whose works have appeared in The Elpis Letters (2023), Writers in the Attic – Three (2023), and MacQueen’s Quinterly Journal (2024). She and her children plant a garden each year. The children grow more steadily than the plants.
The Nature of
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