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Overnight, more people have been sunk by cruelty
than I have ever met.
I put them in my pocket. Grab my coat,
and tethered to the nose of the dog
am jolted over the stile
into the field with the old oaks.
Is it not a miracle
that this field survives our petulance
and our headlines,
and are these not miracles:
the softness in the ground
that has risen with the rain,
the leaves that have dropped in faultless sprigs,
their brief garnish of bronze.
Nina Parmenter lives in the rural Southwest of England. A huge science fiction fan, her poems often explore the surreal and improbable, alongside themes of nature, the environment and womanhood. Nina's first collection, "Split Twist, Apocalypse", was published in 2022. BlueSky: @ninaparmenter.bsky.social Instagram: @nina.parmenter
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