Depth isn't everything: the spruce
has no taproot, but to hold on
spreads its underpinnings thin


The Spruce has no taproot (poem). The Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011)


Depth isn't everything: the spruce has no taproot, but to hold on spreads its underpinnings thin

Depth isn't everything: the spruce has no taproot, but to hold on spreads its underpinnings thin

Depth isn't everything: the spruce has no taproot, but to hold on spreads its underpinnings thin

Depth isn't everything: the spruce has no taproot, but to hold on spreads its underpinnings thin