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An excerpt from the poem, Salix magic by Matt Gilbert published on crowcrosskeys.com, presented on a muted greyscale banner featuring the silhouette of a willow tree against a near-dark sunset, the crescent moon in view. The excerpt reads: Spread across a quiet patch of weeping green, which you said was a portal. I played along, re-learnt the facts of trees. Saw them afresh, through your raw eyes, as creatures of imagination. Four fissured bodies, crackling as they twisted time and space.

Salix Magic

Once upon a time in Norwood Park, there was a magic world of willows…

April 8, 2025 in Norwood, Place, Poetry.

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