Prevail, by Pamela Hobart Carter

Rise up.
Turn into wild people.

Gather in the open.
Provoke good.

Helpeth them that are troubled,
those that are shrunk by time.

Insist upon virtues of government
or any other venomous beast.

Save that ash tree.
She will run through the fire in winter
when you cannot.

— Erasure from The Complete Herbal (1653) by Nicholas Culpeper

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After she earned two degrees in geology, Pamela Hobart Carter became a teacher. Her plays have been produced in Seattle (her home), Montreal (her childhood home), and Fort Worth. Carter has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net (2x) and won her high school essay contest (a million years ago). During Covid school closures, she added poetry lessons for children to her site: https://playwrightpam.wordpress.com/. Her poetry chapbooks: Her Imaginary Museum (Kelsay Books), Held Together with Tape and Glue  (Finishing Line Press), and Yavanika Press mixed-genre winner, Behind the Scenes at the Eternal Everyday.

© 2023, Pamela Hobart Carter