Amy Lindquist

Amy lives with her husband and two children in Saint Paul, Minnesota where she lives out her faith in Jesus as a musician, home educator, hospice volunteer and writer. You can find her middle grade novel Merrily of the Milky Way (which features a ladder to the moon, a monk named Betelgeuse, and the tireless hounds of heaven) online at the Blurb bookstore.

Mary and Eve

Mary crushes with her foot

the head of the serpent that is wrapped

around Eve’s ankle like a living fetter.

Angels tip the boat of heaven

leaning over its edge to see

Mary gently take Eve’s shaking hand

and lay it on her belly, grown

full and round as a harvest moon.

The baby kicks — the startled women laugh.

Out of dust, new green is showing,

tendrils curling, buds unfolding.

Mary, whispers Eve, I know these leaves.

Read Amy’s work and more in Solum Journal Winter 2022.