Tag: poetry
Deranged, unbalanced, anxious,
the earth cries and slouches
toward infinity without a rudder,
or barrels toward tomorrow,
devastating the coast, flinging cars,
this cancer born of progress,
the tumor too much, too fast,
too big to fail.
A deep breath after a chaotic night,
eastern...
New Year 2023
The year completes herself, “I’m done now.” The New Year comes to take over our world, to enter our bodies and minds. She might pop up over the hill, singing, Or she emerges gently through parting clouds, She might stride down Main Street announcing herself, We never know who she is, what she brings. But...
Creative writing workshop: Loveletters to the Earth
In this creative writing workshop, we will use the written word to express and celebrate the experiences and emotions that link us to the Earth. No prior writing experience is required.
here with dirt beneath my nails, by Lorna Reay
Here with dirt beneath my nailsand sweat upon my heated brow,the sweetness of the Earth assailsmy senses with the sense of Now.
And something in my heart eruptsand brings a tear into my eye –how dazzling, shaking and abruptthe knowledge that this person ‘I’is vaster than the universeand...
Anthropocene lullaby
A film poem by Janet Lees
Janet Lees is a UK-based poet and lens-based artist, and voluntary poetry editor* for the Deep Adaptation Forum blog. In one way or another, all her work touches on what it feels like to be human in these unprecedented times. Her poetry has been published in...
Parachute
by Mark Causey
Your parachute did not open.
Don’t panic, it does not help.
Don’t waste what precious time is left
On anger and recrimination.
At this point, what does it matter who’s to blame?
It won’t change the simple fact that
Your parachute did not open.
You are flying,...
The face in the moon, by Mimmi
The bird tried to flutter away,Sounded like a flap and a snapThe wolf leaped just in timeTo make it sound like a chase prelude
The sensational stories that are woven nowFor the coincidental chase flap and snapA chorus of chirps and quirksNo recording devise for these mortal ones
Someone said...
I Cannot be Human, by Sarah Tremlett
A poetry film by Sarah Tremlett exploring the human/animal relationship on a personal and planetary level.
I Cannot be Human takes a stand against a human race that, through its leaders, doesn’t appear to be listening or solving the ecological crisis that overwhelms us every day....
This year needs us more than ever, by Rachel Clyne
It is not enough that wewrite these words,send thoughts & prayers,emoji hearts & tearful faces.What burns South todaywill flood North tomorrow.
It is not enough to watchprogrammes, sign petitions,recycle & reduce.What we produce todaywill choke us tomorrow.We must plant a new kind...
- Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş
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frambuesas chocolatadas (a cento of songs), by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes
me sigues con amorsaid you’re going to Lisbonthe heart-shaped candy on my tonguelate weekends in a summer hazeby the pine trees, all the times wetook several transfers on the G line
in a dream
i know we never meant to fall outimminent you seem to beyou’ll hang the hearts black & dull as...