The Paddock Review

Earth-Speak

…..

She called my name

once when I could not

find the words

or sounds,

only a scream

that I gave to the ground

that the earthworms heard

and carried

in dry-tongued pulses

to her roots;

…………………a cacophony 

…………………………………….of whispers.

….

This poem is from the chapbook Root & Bone by Liz Baxmeyer and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/root-bone-by-liz-baxmeyer/

In Root & Bone, Baxmeyer explores all the wildness life brings through landscapes that hold us. By binding to the liminal spaces within the natural world, this hybrid collection shifts reality. Through these poems, stories, and paintings, worlds of mythology and ecology converge, begging us to reflect: what can be learned from the environment that will help us know ourselves a little more deeply? The immersive audio version of this book can be accessed via the QR code in the introductory pages.