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Language of Poison

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The Only Poison Plant I’m Afraid Of
What nourishes one person could kill someone else
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Poison Garden: Purpose of Poison
Welcome to the garden
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Personalities of Plants
The cross section of scientific studies & anthropomorphism
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The Obsession with Poison Plants
Of all the things to be fixated on
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Meeting a Poisoner
Blurring the line between medicine & poison
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My Introduction to Poison Plants, Part Two
And a call for entries to share your own stories in The Poison Garden, a co-op periodical about powerful plants
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Appalachia through an animist lens - focusing on ecology, misunderstood plants, and life after a climate disaster
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