Tight on time today, but here's a word from our sponsor Planet Earth, in the voice of her proxy, poet Caitlin Gildrien. This poem comes from the anthology you've seen me mention before--DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME (Paloma Press, 2023).
I like the breadth of the perspective in this poem, its surprising density given that breadth, its uncertain, intense desire to carry on.
I know that sloshing and slipping panic. The thought of moose dying of bloodletting is horrifying. I hope there is still room for hope!
ReplyDeleteI've been listening to John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed and he has a chapter about the plague. It is truly amazing that our species can and does survive all these horrors.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good poem. Okay, I'm overcoming inertia and buying the collection! Thanks, Heidi :)
ReplyDeleteSo powerful! Thank you sharing, Heidi.
ReplyDeleteAt the bookstore, news like we have here in Denver, a couple visiting from Minnesota, celebrating the little bit of snow they just had, northern Minnesota! This writer sees it, so why do many continue to say it's just a fluke, all is okay? Hope for the grandchildren continues, but I hope they will gain the skills to know how. Thanks, Heidi, for keeping us in the know from others.
ReplyDeleteWhew. Good, but a tough read. Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteOof. Thanks for sharing Gildrien's poem, Heidi.
ReplyDelete(and my heartfelt condolences on the passing of your Chica kitty)
Another oof. "Yet here we are."
ReplyDeleteHeidi, the poem brings more information on what is happening with our environment the environment and being able to hope that future generations will be able to deal with the issues. "Yet here we are" may be an echoing line for years if not centuries. Thanks for always shining light on the complexity of the world's climate and environmental concerns.
ReplyDeleteThat's a powerful poem. We lost a birch tree just last year; it was indeed "eaten alive." I miss it!
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