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Deep in Dolpo, a Poem by Bhuwan Thapaliya
“As a child, I never imagined that one day I would see the Mountain devoid of snow and I don’t know when will I see the musk deer and the...
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Aug 2, 20242 min read
Where There’s Smoke, a Poem by Donna Pucciani
A sky bathed in haze veils the prairies, bringing another day of whitish-grey over corn and soybeans and the skyscrapers of Chicago.
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Feb 9, 20241 min read
Hallowed Ground, a Poem by Pat Anthony
Today a smoky haze hangs over the trees drapes the fields Wildfires from Canada dropping down on the wind and I think again of Maui...
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Jan 26, 20241 min read
Firefly, a Poem by Katherine Gotthardt*
The world could use more fireflies. Not in a jar, but brightening that space – you know, the one between the space, the night we stare...
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Oct 4, 20231 min read
Golden Triangle, 2022, Non-fiction by Donna Obeid
I looked for everything the way it was twenty years ago. Buffalo boys balancing on the horizon. Bungalows on stilts with woven reed...
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Jul 21, 20232 min read
And It Was Good, a Poem by Marjorie Maddox
Not the green-grey sludge snaking to the river’s edge. Not the sun’s overdone orb baking the snake to a dry bed of dust. Not the hands of...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
Dill, a Poem by Erin Covey-Smith
It is hot, hotter than it was ever meant to be. The air chewable, our thoughts limp as the beanstalks in the garden. Night a stultifying...
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Feb 3, 20231 min read
Escape from Trash Life, Staten Island 1998, a Poem by Tanya Tuzeo
i woke with the sun that summer / reeking dump familiar with its liquefying salty ozone and human marzipan / and rollerbladed to the...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
There's a Wildfire in Siberia, a Poem by Tanya Tuzeo
garbage belches out tinsel dinnerware in celebration of yet another dinner Doordashed. since leftovers are not enough for tomorrow’s...
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Dec 2, 20221 min read
I Hear the Water, a Poem by Ann Christine Tabaka
I hear the water. It calls to me from lakes, streams, and rivers. My mother was the ocean. She carried me on her shoulders above raging...
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May 13, 20221 min read
Poem for Greta Thunberg, by E. Martin Pedersen
When you said the house is on fire I looked around, I'm good, what should I do, grab my cat and run? When you said you have stolen my...
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Apr 29, 20221 min read
The Unbearable Age, a Poem by Njukang Princeley
She sits upon a rock, weeping And watching the sky as it folds Into buckets of toxic smoke Rising from the endless burning Of forest and...
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Apr 15, 20221 min read
Venetian Masks, a Poem by Russell Willis
Waters rise, drowning the square St. Mark’s afloat, a vessel in danger of floundering Its clock ringing out a call of distress Yet,...
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Oct 22, 20211 min read
Dark Figure IV, a Poem by Andrew Scott
Dark winds bring what is known as the nasty hands of twisted fate. These strings are pulled and pushed by a figure no one lays eyes on....
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May 14, 20211 min read
Refugees from Sea-Level Rise, a Short Story by George Leposky
“Honey,” I announced, “we’re selling the house.” My spouse was flabbergasted – until I explained. I had just opened an envelope...
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Dec 18, 20206 min read
Resurgemus, a Poem by VaL Smit
The forest lain out beneath the iron sky of winter Is stiffened in frost Frozen in fog The mists as chill as death wandering to the...
VaL Smit
Oct 30, 20201 min read
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