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sprawling fern james b nicola masque spectacle home about us submission guidelines issues friends and kindred spirits masque spectacle masque spectacle an arts literary journal sprawling fern james b nicola september 1 2026 the plant that did its job began as but a scrawny slip of sickness in a pot he cared for it with more than care he read about what ferns need and can t tolerate placed it in the proper source of light gave it the right amount of water learned about repotting and repotted it when that was what was needed by this time of course it had outgrown its pot and filled its window in the bigger pot it claimed the wall around then grew down to the floor up to the ceiling bursting everywhere beyond what she could stand she said one time when i was there the next time it was gone i walked around to see it wasn t moved to one of the bedrooms or the basement she didn t talk to him or even look at him that entire afternoon and evening i guessed what happened and knew enough not to mention it the following monday at work i found out eight miscarriages he said and yet that damned fern grew and grew you took care of it like a doting mother i said that s how it grew unbearable i was the mother she would never be so you re the one who yes i am the one some years later at last they had a kid a daughter born a few weeks premature and scrawny for a while but within months she thrived healthy robust a burst of joy the mother had insisted on naming the baby herself so he had no say by this time he was used to giving in he wanted his wife happy home alive now almost four fern leaves toys everywhere james b nicola is the author of eight collections of poetry the latest three being fires of heaven poems of faith and sense turns twists and natural tendencies his nonfiction book playing the audience the practical actor s guide to live performance won a choice magazine award a graduate of yale he has received a dana literary award two willow review awards storyteller s people s choice magazine award one best of net one rhysling and twelve pushcart nominations for which he feels stunned and grateful share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading category 32 september 2026 harvest tags poetry post navigation for christina marie lamb d 2024 robert penick the work rebecca kane follow us x facebook linkedin categories categories select category 10 december 2016 11 march 2017 12 transcaucasia issue 13 september 2017 14 december 2017 15 march 2018 16 september 2018 17 march 2019 18 september 2019 19 march 20 1 september 2014 20 september 2020 21 april 2021 22 september 2021 23 march 24 september 22 25 march 2023 26 september 2023 27 march 24 28 september 2024 29 march 2025 2 december 2014 30 september 2025 31 march 2026 storms 32 september 2026 harvest 3 march 2015 4 vietnam issue 5 september 2015 6 december 2015 7 march 2016 8 pictures words 9 september 2016 uncategorized blog at wordpress com reblog subscribe subscribed masque spectacle join 140 other subscribers sign me up have a wordpress com account log in now privacy masque spectacle copy shortlink view post in reader manage subscriptions sign up log in report this content collapse this bar d