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Amanda Roth

AMANDA ROTH (she/her) is a poet whose work explores motherhood, embodiment, the climate crisis, and revisionist folklore. She is the author of the full-length poetry collection, A Mother's Hunger (2021). She lives in Central Texas with her husband, two sons, and a growing collection of houseplants.

When All Your Seeds Fail
by Amanda Roth

May 16, 2022 Contributed By: Amanda Roth, Heather Hua

seeds fail amanda roth heather hua

Try compost – scraps / piled into a heap. The forgotten things / are begging for another life. Let’s say you could / get the dirt to sing.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Poetry, Poetry Posted On: May 16, 2022

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