an oak’s
robustness all
reduced to essence nutwise
gloss green encased shaping egg
its sticky thimble cup
unclasps to earth
the acorn
Martin Potter (https://martinpotterpoet.home.blog) is a poet and academic, and his poems have appeared in Acumen, The French Literary Review, Eborakon, Scintilla, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Poetry Village, and other journals. His pamphlet In the Particular was published by Eyewear in December, 2017.
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