The Poetry Project

The spiral dance of my jade plant

Tobi Kassim

Taken to lengths you didn’t expect
by thirst—variances
in available light—you droop
& orbit outside
your own
containment— searching—grazing
after the sun— a ledge to
hold yourself
xxxxhalf aloft

Work from Plant this poem with Imani Elizabeth Jackson and Eleni Sikelianos

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