A cure for root rot
How to burn this tree down
How to separate
the bones we bury
and the ones we carry
So we dig, untethered,
into soil that won’t hold us
Grind bone and root to dust
Crude freedom
fallen fruit.
Elodie Parthenay is a poet and storyteller based in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal). The author of Harvest (2023), and The Sun Always Knows Where to Find Me (2021), her poetry revolves about love, loss, sisterhood, self-love and spirituality, as seen and experienced by a queer woman of color. When she’s not crafting poetry, she practices magic and mindfulness meditation, and writes about lifestyle, health and astrology for Women’s magazines. Find her on instagram at @elodiewrites.
