In the Woods
The New Moon Walk
Burdens set down, a sprout in the window
William Vincent Carleton
Near a new moon, a walk makes old burdens feel ready to become something else, the way soil is readied before sowing. This tenth In the Woods book speaks gently of missing someone, of faith that love isn't wasted by a road, and of a sprout in the window at breakfast. It honors easy, kind things: a walk, a bowl, a plant.
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More from In the Woods
The Cold That Warms You
A Saturday walk when the air is honest
The Stick and the Sapling
One hand in the earth, one hand on the young tree
The Notch in the Breath
A spark in the ribs, and a beat the forest knows
The Forest Bubble
A sphere that stays on the ground
The Room Behind the Heart
The high heart, the pillows, and the rest that lets it work
The Seed and the Loaf
What the grain thought, and what the bread became