Lowering the cascade of rotary steel.
Frothed sediment churned over the tracks
of reed-bed burrows
woven in thick mats.
Root system tapestry
caught in the motors,
Flowing in the nets to brush ankles
Sheltered ribbons from the sun.
Black tar darts within the forests. Countercurrents.
Gather inward to weather-bound streams.
Ellen Harrold is an artist and writer focused on science and nature. A core aspect of her practice is the use of text, drawing, and painting to explore the connection between decay and renewal in the world around us. She is completing a master’s degree in Art, Science, and Visual thinking at Dundee University and working as an artist, writer, and editor-in-chief of Metachrosis Literary. She has recently published written pieces with Danse Macabre, New Note Poetry, and Die Leere Mitte. She has also recently published her first book ‘Aesthetics and Conventions of Medical Art.'.
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