A Fling with Folklore

The fourth and final foray into #SciArtSeptember, with a new poem.

Part of Campfire Notebook’s format is a monthly poetry feature. As I continue to work on new poetry submissions offline, I still want to share examples of my work with you. These are poems created purposefully each month to share around the Campfire.

Leaves I’ve collected on my morning walks over the past couple of weeks, pasted into my repurposed Science-into-Art book. The leaves are overlaid with the words of a poem that imagines the folklore of a fairytale princess who is also a root vegetable. (Photo and Art: Bryn Robinson, 2024)

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Emerging
long legs took root:
this untamed carrot teen,
all sunburnt saffron sugar,
draped in lace and longing —
longing to leave behind
tender ferns, tender hearts.
stretched down deep
to seek her ancestors’ words,
she pulls at the sky —
to reach for the stars
(the last known address
of her wishes).

I wish the words stood out more from the dark leaves. I tried the white first, but the letters weren’t easy to tease apart - and the shading with the black was a good experiment to try but not as successful as I would have liked. Another fall, perhaps. (Photo and Art: Bryn Robinson, 2024)

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Thanks for reading this month’s creation, friends. You can check out other poems I’ve created for the Campfire here:

Invasive Species | The Tangent Function | A Spark That Spreads | Mango | Tangled Whispers | Springtime Elegy | Cannonball | Sugar Pants | Bracelet Days

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This Week in SciArt

You can catch up with the previous #SciArtSeptember posts for this month here:

• Week 1: Horror

• Week 2: Science Fiction

• Week 3: Fantasy

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