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I grow where two paths meet

Selina Wells
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Long listed for the 2023 Urban Tree festival writing competition

I grow where two paths meet.
Nearby, the war memorial stands.
I cannot read the names but once
A mother leaned against me in her grief.
She rubbed her eyes then pressed her hand, still damp 
Against my bark.
A hundred springs and more
Have passed since then.
I still remember her, that dusty afternoon:
Her long black dress. Her tears.
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    • Selina Wells

    Selina Wells

    AKA Rosebay - creator of big, bold canvases

    Under my painting name of Rosebay, I make big, vibrant canvases in acrylic, celebrating the unsung corners of the natural and built world. The bark of a tree, a patch of rock, the place where weeds spring out of a crack in the pavement: all have their own ...

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