World Poetry Day falls in March — the same month that houses the World Wildlife Day. Our beautiful planets’ flora and fauna, impacted by the changing climate, might have to adapt or alter. Part of the land masses are likely to return to rest under rising tides. And humanity, how will we respond or survive these phenomena?
We have here responses in poetry from our newly-minted section on Environment and Climate. We celebrate with poetry on our home and hearth, the Earth.
We start with poetry on fires that seems to have razed large parts of our planet recently…
Fires in Los Angeles by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal. Click here to read.
Wildfires in Uttarakhand by Gazala Khan. Click here to read.
Hot Dry Summers, covering the fires in Australia, by Lizzie Packer. Click here to read.
We move on to more extreme weather phenomenons like heatwaves, droughts and floods.
Extreme Drought or California Dreaming by Ron Picket. Click here to read.
Hurricane Laura’s Course by Jane Hammons. Click here to read
This Heatwave by John Grey. Click here to read.
This Island of Mine by Rhys Hughes. Click here to read.
And yet some weep for things we take for granted, for the pollution and the rapacity exhibited by our species.
Unanswered by Vernon Daim. Click here to read.
Under the Rock Crags by Peter Magliocco. Click here to read.
The New Understanding by Peter Cashorali. Click here to read.
Meanwhile, we continue to want to celebrate nature as we did of yore…and some just do continue to turn to it for inspiration.
Eco Poetry by Adriana Rocha. Click here to read.
Green by Mark Wyatt. Click here to read.
Sunrise from Tiger Hill by Shamik Banerjee. Click here to read.
Whistle & Fly by Shaza Khan. Click here to read.
Seeds Fall to the Ground by Ryan Quinn Flanagan. Click here to read.
Quietly by Ashok Suri. Click here to read.
Carnival of Animals by Rhys Hughes. Click here to read.
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