npm 11: molly, meet polly

 

 

Remember Molly, from April 7's "How We'll Get There"?  This poem is the sequel, built from lines and ideas (noted in italics) from all the essays and poems in Part 2 of ALL WE CAN SAVE, entitled "Advocate."  I'm trying to make friends with Polly C. (POLICY) myself.

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My project for NPM 2022:

 

This month I'm making "human stories to move human beings.  Human stories are more powerful for inciting action than counting carbon or detailing melting glaciers." (Favianna Rodriguez, from her essay "Harnessing Cultural Power," in ALL WE CAN SAVE.)

 

Read previous poems in the series here:

1 A tribute to those who keep writing poetry in the face of climate calamity

2 Gratitude for those who take the time to fix things

3 A musical listing of not nearly all the women featured in this book

4 An observation of those considering climate-friendly human habitats

 

5 A comparison of beaver wisdom with human attempts to control water & fire

6 A reading of the intro to THE OVERSTORY: listening to trees 

7 A celebration of how young children still understand that they are animals on the planet

8, 9,10 A trumpet in 3 emails about the power of women to lead change on a grand scale