“You are two and each day is a world
in which to peel gold pawpaw leaves
from the path; to plunk pebbles
in water, one by one; to trace tar
ribbons on cement in watermelon
rainboots”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Unearthed” by Emily Patterson from Vol. 34:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Emily Patterson is the author of So Much Tending Remains (2022) and To Bend and Braid (2023). Emily is a Pushcart Prize and Best Spiritual Literature nominee with work published in SWWIM, Rust & Moth, North American Review, and elsewhere. She was a finalist in the 2024 Sweet Lit Poetry Contest. She lives in Columbus, OH.