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fLOreST

By Jay MckenziePublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
fLOreST
Photo by Hitoshi Suzuki on Unsplash

This is where you'll find me

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Foraging under the fanned form of an f

Occupying the open orifice of an o

Reminiscing under the rainbow-arc of a round-tipped r

Entwining with the empty echoes of the e

Supplicating in the sinewy swoosh of an s

Tucked tightly by the trunk of a tall treed t

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In a word forest

Lost in story

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nature poetry

About the Creator

Jay Mckenzie

Jay is the winner of the Exeter Short Story Prize, Fabula Aestas, Writers Playground, Furious Fiction, shortlisted for the 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her debut novel will be released in September.

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