June 2022 – Tiny Seed Literary Journal

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Abundance

30 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

That night, Abundance washed over us. Sorrow Compassion Whisky Anger And love. In the aftermath Scorched earth. Trees, emaciated. Nothing stirred. Soon enough, though Shoots persevered Achingly green. Buzzing returned,…

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Ode to the Dandelion

29 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

Poem by Anne Richardson Anne Richardson is a poet, chaplain, spiritual companion, labyrinth facilitator, and Reiki master and believes everyone’s story is sacred. She finds her poetic voice…

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Seeds Life

28 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

Seduced by the wind, Stolen on the bird’s wing, Scattered by a sinuous stream, Surrendering to mother’s rich soil, Slumbering serenely in silent time, Scrupulously caressed by sweet sunshine, Soothingly…

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Solace of the Seed

27 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

Carolina Wren postured on a limb Bursting forth the ancient hymn Calling to buds, blades, and seeds Awake, awake respond to the plead The winter sleep is now ended As…

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3 Seed Haiku

26 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

SACRED tree stumps made alters gifts left behind, offerings new seedling abloom UNTITLED SEED HAIKU 1 tiny grass seeds grow thriving among paved sidewalks push through emotions UNTITLED…

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Waiting For Spring

25 Jun 202219 Jun 2022

Photography by Martha Nance Martha Nance is a physician and sometimes-photographer of the things, mostly little things, around her. Her photos have been seen in previous Tiny Seed publications,…

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Scorpionweed

24 Jun 202219 Jun 2022

the purple fiddle-head flowers were pretty at first, adorning hairy foliage so we let them be, a weed, we knew, yet somehow ornamental but then the plants turned brown, leaves…

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Top Down

23 Jun 202219 Jun 2022

If we remove the top predators nature is decapitated and all the seeds fly away. As seeds we can blow anywhere you want to travel. We can even create a…

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Costa Rica Gestalt

22 Jun 202219 Jun 2022

coatiagouti hummingbirdkite treefrogcroc lianafig raincloudforest If I am able to blossom for fruit bats, I will become seed fallen to earth with potential for further development—a seedling Poem by…

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Chain Tree

21 Jun 202219 Jun 2022

Photography by K.L Johnston K.L. Johnston is a photographer and poet whose images first appeared in 2014 in South Carolina ETV's in-house magazine "Scene". Since then, her photos have…

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Flower

20 Jun 202214 Jun 2022

The constant friends in joy and sadness have long since scattered after the party or before the tragic news. Are there any you support? If you're asking me I run…

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Patience is

19 Jun 202214 Jun 2022

Gobbled up, by a bird, No greater function, purpose served. But await, bird alights, Leaving stains, Black and white. In it spy, tiny seed, Now to grow, Purposefully. Poem…

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Chesapeake Street

18 Jun 202214 Jun 2022

Our sunny corner on Chesapeake Street is lined with pine trees and bamboo stalks. She is filled with cherry blossom petals in April, And the deep orange Maple trees of…

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today I gardened with three year olds

17 Jun 202214 Jun 2022

rewind to Autumn when I inherited a raised bed garden from the teacher before me, soil cracked and dry, tan remains of weeds bending in time to the heat blast…

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Learning to Let it Be

16 Jun 202214 Jun 2022

Poem by Samaa Abdurraqib Samaa Abdurraqib is a Black/Queer/Muslim writer living in unceded Wabanaki territory, close to the ocean and the mountains. Recently, her poetry can be found…

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Extraordinary in the Simple

15 Jun 202214 Jun 2022

Rose, Orchid and Daisy Photography by Caitlin Garvey Caitlin Garvey (b. Brooklyn, New York) is a Virginia-based photographer whose work explores the themes of identity and relationship. Drawing inspiration from…

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This is How to Talk to Birds

14 Jun 202218 May 2022

This is how to listen. This is how to pray before dawn. This is how to feel alive in your own skin. This is how to feed the birds. This…

hope

13 Jun 202217 May 2022

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. —…

Dandelion

12 Jun 202217 May 2022

It’s your parachute that takes you away, the one of old age that disperses your seed, when bracts bend down for launching your release to the dropping of stamens, dried…

Landing

11 Jun 202216 May 2022

The invasion was not what we expected. Everyone had been wrong. The Outer Limits and Twilight Zone had it wrong. The B movies of the old drive-in theaters were quite…

Little Forest

10 Jun 202216 May 2022

boreal mixed forest saplings can be planted surprisingly close to one another three per square in a grid of one-metre plots Eastern redbud and…