Excavations

SeraDrake

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Parts 107
Time 55m

SeraDrake

Mature

These my offerings,
    tiny and fragile, they must take root
    in stubborn soil. Fertilize them.
    Give them shape. Twisted they may grow,
    but their trunks must be strong.
    They must reach through the night.
    They must be of their ground...
    
    Some of these poems were published in a chapbook, Eleusinian Mysteries, in 1995, under the pen name Sarah Maddox.
    
    Other publications that accepted my poetry include The Mill, Isis Magazine (the literary magazine for students at the University of Oxford), Tournaments Illuminated, and the late, great Shadowdance zine.
    
    *+*
    
    FIRST PLACE WINNER, POETRY, THE 2024 INFERNO AWARDS
    FIRST PLACE WINNER, POETRY, THE 2024 CLOUD AWARDS 
    FIRST PLACE WINNER, BEST WRITING STYLE, THE PADAUK MINI AWARDS (RAVENDIPITY)
    THIRD PLACE WINNER, POETRY, 2024 WILDEST DREAMS AWARDS 
    SECOND RUNNER-UP, POETRY, THE GRAND MASQUERADE
    HONORABLE MENTION, BEST WRITING STYLE, THE CORAL AWARDS 2024
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AMBY AWARDS
    
    All rights reserved; the moral rights of the author have been asserted; I do not provide consent for my writing to be used to train artificial intelligence.All Rights Reserved

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These my offerings,
    tiny and fragile, they must take root
    in stubborn soil. Fertilize them.
    Give them shape. Twisted they may grow,
    but their trunks must be strong.
    They must reach through the night.
    They must be of their ground...
    
    Some of these poems were published in a chapbook, Eleusinian Mysteries, in 1995, under the pen name Sarah Maddox.
    
    Other publications that accepted my poetry include The Mill, Isis Magazine (the literary magazine for students at the University of Oxford), Tournaments Illuminated, and the late, great Shadowdance zine.
    
    *+*
    
    FIRST PLACE WINNER, POETRY, THE 2024 INFERNO AWARDS
    FIRST PLACE WINNER, POETRY, THE 2024 CLOUD AWARDS 
    FIRST PLACE WINNER, BEST WRITING STYLE, THE PADAUK MINI AWARDS (RAVENDIPITY)
    THIRD PLACE WINNER, POETRY, 2024 WILDEST DREAMS AWARDS 
    SECOND RUNNER-UP, POETRY, THE GRAND MASQUERADE
    HONORABLE MENTION, BEST WRITING STYLE, THE CORAL AWARDS 2024
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AMBY AWARDS
    
    All rights reserved; the moral rights of the author have been asserted; I do not provide consent for my writing to be used to train artificial intelligence.

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