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March 22, 2019 Poetry

Marigolds

Sophie March

Marigolds photo

In the dark before sleep,
my palms are heavy with dirt.
The earth is warm and orange
and suddenly I am dreaming of

marigolds, again?
They nod to me, again and
again and again.

 

 

Sophie March is currently an English Literature major at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. They've been previously published in sea foam mag and Birdy. In their free time, they like to think about spiders and haiku. 

 

image: Aaron Burch


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