Liv Ross

An Annihilation of the Self

The iron wedge and sloping grip

Rests easy in my hands and swings

A sloping arc.

The strike lands true at my own roots.

A shudder runs along my trunk,

And sap runs red.

Liv Ross is an urban monk, a poet, and a student of Christian Spirituality. She has practiced writing more or less consistently for two decades and poetry is her primary medium. When she’s not writing, Liv practices gardening, pipe-smoking, leather-working, and mischief. She has been published in The Way Back to Ourselves, Silence and Starsong, Solum Journal, Vessels of Light, and VoeglinView. She lurks on Instagram @liv_ross_poetry, or her Substack, https://substack.com/@theabbeyofcuriosity.