Rebecca Michie
Wildwood Flower
Illustration
2021
Wildwood Flower, as sung by the Carter Family. Her lover has left her, with “no warning or word of farewell.” In a moment of heartbreak, she boldly wields her beauty and power, singing “I will twine, I will mingle my raven black hair, with the roses so red and the lilies so fair.”
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Rebecca Michie
Illustrator
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