by CLAIRE SCOTT
clay pot
with jagged-
lightning
cracks &
clotted
soil
bleak-brown
leaves curl
& lean
toward
the half-light
of stained
curtains
i saw
root-bound
roots
strangle
the unsayable
don’t tell
listless
aphids search
for sap
someone once
brought water
someone once
sang a song
about rings
& roses
someone once
touched the pot with
wilted hands
About the Author
Claire Scott is an award winning poet who has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. Her work has been accepted by the Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review, New Ohio Review, Enizagam and Healing Muse among others. Claire is the author of Waiting to be Called and Until I Couldn’t. She is the co-author of Unfolding in Light: A Sisters’ Journey in Photography and Poetry.
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