Snail by Lizzie Elliot-Klein | Wednesday Double Feature | One Poem Only

One Poem Only · Mar 25, 2026 · 1m

Wednesdays on One Poem Only are a double feature: one poem here on the podcast, and one more by the same poet shared on Instagram.

Snail

Lizzie Elliot-Klein

In your spiral shell

you hold the answer –

slowness is radical.

From the ash pile

of my burn out,

I see you everywhere.

Clinging to walls,

meandering through moss,

criss-crossing my path.

Reaching unbelievable heights

at speeds that will win no medals –

just savouring the

silvery slowness

of your

trail.

In your spiral shell

you hold the answer –

softness is strength.

Inching forward on vulnerable ripples,

retreating when the world is…