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Stone age mother and baby burial with a swan's wing, circa 4000 BC by Corinna Board


Content Warning: death in childbirth



Stone age mother and baby burial with a swan's wing,

circa 4000 BC


It is not the young woman’s

skeleton that fascinates,

the trinkets carved from tooth

and shell, nor the infant

nestled at her hip – mosaic

of tiny bones, the flint knife

placed upon its ribs. No,

it’s the wing that intrigues:

strange cradle, a memory

of feathers, now dust.

The mess of death wiped clean

by time. No trace of blood.





Corinna Board teaches EAL. She grew up on a farm, and her writing is often inspired by nature and the rural environment. She particularly enjoys exploring our connection to the more-than-human. Her poems have appeared in various journals including Anthropocene and Spelt. Find her on Instagram @parole_de_reveuse or X/Twitter @CorinnaBoard.





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