Photo by Echo Grid

Ivy

has climbed out of windows,
and over roofs,
and off porches,
from suburb to suburb;
always,
her fingers dangling free,
feeling for good soil:
the forgotten sense of Home.

This is a One-Line Poem for Chalkboard’s Prompt: Roots by Zev

About the Author

Owen Banner spent his childhood baptized in the red dirt of Mandeville, Jamaica and his adolescence in the neon morass of Manila in the Philippines. He’s lived in or traveled to countries all over the planet, nourished by people and cultures. These diverse voices plant the seeds of his stories, which twist genre and seek new perspectives. Discover more at owenbanner.com.