Fiddleheads

Authors

  • Elizabeth Bolton Swarthmore College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2023.14.1.4651

Keywords:

Poems

Abstract

A poem in six parts tracing the natural history of fiddleheads, also known as Ostrich ferns, Onoclea struthiopteris or Matteucia struthiopteris: a plant native to northeastern North America (Turtle Island) and a traditional food.

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Author Biography

Elizabeth Bolton, Swarthmore College

Betsy Bolton’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Hopper, New Croton Review, Snapdragon Journal, Gyroscope Review, Lammergeier Magazine, Amaranth Journal, Split Rock Review, Minnow Literary Magazine, Northern Appalachian Review, Notre Dame Review, and Stone Canoe. “Sycamores #5: Broken” won first place in the modern category of the Helen Schaible 2022 International Sonnet Contest. A chapbook entitled Mouth Art of the Bald-faced Hornet was longlisted for the Kingdoms in the Wild Annual Poetry Prize, the title poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and a full-length collection with the same name is forthcoming in 2024 with Finishing Line Press.

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Published

2023-04-28

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023): Gardening (against) the Anthropocene

Section

Creative Writing and Arts

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