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# Poetry by Jade Cuttle
- URL: https://www.terraincognitamedia.com/poetry-by-jade-cuttle2021/
- Published: 2021-03-12T20:14:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-22T19:38:33.000Z
- Author: Jade Cuttle
- Tags: #Migrated-1787427441403, #sqs, #Import 2026-08-22 19:37

*Cover Photo by* [*Annie Spratt*](https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt?utm%5Fsource=unsplash&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcontent=creditCopyText) *on* [*Unsplash*](https://unsplash.com/s/photos/petals?utm%5Fsource=unsplash&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcontent=creditCopyText)

**Snowdrops**

A flower would never rip out its roots and run –   
I know this only too well.   
  
I’ve been stalked by ice most winters,   
the sort that claims each crack as its own   
  
– can’t even speak for months, only creak   
and claw at the cold earth. 

But when the dawn shakes out its dew   
and finally I thaw – flicker back to life  
  
when its water licks and leaks into light   
– I at least give it some thought.  
  
I pack up my petals and the last of my leaves,   
bend down to kiss the earth goodbye –  
  
I even bow! mistaking the rattle of rain for a round  
of applause awarded by the clouds like confetti.   
  
I swear there was a standing ovation of trees   
straining their sinews just to commend my courage.   
  
Yet still I share the silent fury of seeds –  
grappling with a ground that just won’t give.   
  
I fire out a flower – a flare – a distress signal   
to the bees saying: please, dig me out from this dirt!   
  
and though I hear the hum of their rescue mission   
shivering down my spine they simply pollinate me   
  
with the promise that next time, when I’m sown back   
into the soil – next time, I will bolt straight out from my bulb.

  
**Moulin Rouge**

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[Orchid Duet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1s&v=zh%5FNyl%5FfwDc&ref=terraincognitamedia.com)

[Leaves and Lovers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFmnAiSZmDQ&ref=terraincognitamedia.com)

**\-**[**Jade Cuttle**](https://www.jadecuttle.com/?ref=terraincognitamedia.com) **/** [@JadeCuttle](https://www.instagram.com/jadecuttle/?ref=terraincognitamedia.com)