Repotting by Cat Brogan

after Philip Larkin – Coming

The stalk stretches in her fresh bed,

sniffing promises of tomato on leaves.

I return to the first time soil sent me sense.

Sprouted from the compost heap,

and rose up in another plant’s pot.

Now walls soften to the transplant.

Roots burrow in mulched disturbance.

Despite displacement, embracing light.

Fingering the possibility that from this rot

we will bear fruit.

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Cat Brogan is a poet and spoken word educator from Omagh, currently based in Donegal. A winner of the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Poetry Slam and the Dublin heat of UNESCO Slamovision 2025, her poetry has appeared in Dedalus Press, Skylight 47, and The Golden Shovel Anthology.