“coltsfoot” by Katherine J Barrett
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coltsfoot
By Katherine J Barrett
spring bowls of yellow
amuse-bouche for bumblebees
just not who you thought
Copyright ยฉ Katherine J Barrett
Previously published in a disobedient gathering: poems for plants who can’t stay put (Little Books Collective, 2024).
Katherine J Barrett lives in rural Nova Scotia / Miโkmaโki. Her work has appeared in The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, Quiddity International Literary Journal and many other publications. Her chapbook, a disobedient gathering, was published in 2024. Katherine is the founder of Understorey Magazine and managing editor of Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture and Social Justice.
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