Perfect Leaf

By Maya Sol Levy, Class of '26
An ecopoetic zine that makes use of "weediness" to introspect on jealousy, desire and self-worth in a failing relationship.

Green-toned printed page featuring a scanned ginkgo leaf centered on the page, surrounded by typewritten poetic text describing a walk home, memory, care, and love, with small handwritten heart symbols scattered across the background.
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Green-toned printed page with dense typewritten text discussing invasive plants, attachment, and control, accompanied by two small grainy black-and-white photographs of ground-cover plants embedded within the page layout.
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Green-toned printed page containing fragmented poetic text arranged spatially across the page, including references to leaves, pebbles, love, fragility, and a spiderweb diagram formed from typed characters near the center.
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Green-toned printed page combining short poetic lines with two grainy black-and-white photographs of plants and uprooted roots, reflecting themes of growth, care, displacement, and persistence.
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