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POEM: ‘Planted’

by Mariwyn Curtin June 2, 2022July 19, 2024

My home is the soil I carry with me,

the dirt I made myself

from the food I didn’t finish

cut ends that didn’t go into the soup

fruit that molded too soon.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed,

only transformed.

My plants and I dine from the same menu

then in exchange

I eat a leaf or flower

or sometimes a true fruit

and we are one.

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Mariwyn Curtin

Mariwyn Curtin is an artist and writer living in Detroit, MI. She explores cities extensively by bicycle and on very long walks, then documents the experiences in artists' books or abstractly as "industrial embroidery" assembled from ephemera found along the way. An author and editor primarily in educational publishing, she is happiest writing about Detroit artists for the publications Essay'd and New Art Examiner and crafting poems weekly with the poetry group, Circle.

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POEM: ‘Planted’

by Mariwyn Curtin, Planet Detroit
June 2, 2022

					<h1>POEM: ‘Planted’</h1>
<p class="byline">by Mariwyn Curtin, Planet Detroit <br />June 2, 2022</p>
					
<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>My home is the soil I carry with me,&nbsp;</p>
<p>the dirt I made myself&nbsp;</p>
<p>from the food I didn’t finish&nbsp;</p>
<p>cut ends that didn’t go into the soup&nbsp;</p>
<p>fruit that molded too soon.&nbsp;</p>
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots" />
<p>Energy cannot be created or destroyed,&nbsp;</p>
<p>only transformed.&nbsp;</p>
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots" />
<p>My plants and I dine from the same menu&nbsp;</p>
<p>then in exchange&nbsp;</p>
<p>I eat a leaf or flower&nbsp;</p>
<p>or sometimes a true fruit&nbsp;</p>
<p>and we are one.&nbsp;</p>

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