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bequest
Elizabeth Smith

a many pronged
bitterroot, each petal
one translucent
finger against
the dust
of dry shrublands
creviced riverbeds
how cleanly
the skin
of its root
peels back
to offer
everything
it has.
Elizabeth Smith has written poetry since the age of seven and, with the exception of one undergraduate class, has no formal writing program experience. A lawyer by training, and a writer by vocation, poetry has been a lifelong practice, often interrupted, always resumed. She has been a featured poet in Tigers Eye Journal, has one Pushcart nomination and was most recently awarded the New Jersey Poet’s Prize for 2022 for her poem "Callinectes Sapidus."
Image Credit: Emma Grey Rose, "Where the Wildflowers Are"
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