Magpie and Mouse, poems by Liz Quirke

3 Poems by Liz Quirke

Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made. I push to the graves of the lake families, generations who lived and died by the water. I pay my respects in the only way I know, by kneeling in the sodden earth and sinking parts of me towards parts of them. I do what no record does and remember their passing, their assimilation back to the land. I want...

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