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Emily Dickinson: My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun (764)

My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun –
In Corners – till a Day
The Owner passed – identified –
And carried Me away –

July 14, 2023 · 2 Comments

Susanne Wengle, Vitali Dankevych: Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years

Without water from the reservoir, the fields of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea will dry out. Coastal towns on the Sea of Azov, most importantly Berdyansk, have lost their main source of drinking water.

July 13, 2023 · 5 Comments

Yahya Frederickson: Green

On the verge of June, a man
promenades a metal cart
piled with ‘aujah, the name
for almonds before they
are almonds.

July 12, 2023 · 4 Comments

Steve Fraser: Caution | Children at Work

The Return of Child Labor Is the Latest Sign of American Decline

July 11, 2023 · 7 Comments

Kathy Fish: Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild

Humans in the wild, gathered and feeling good, previously an exhilaration, now: a target.

July 8, 2023 · 15 Comments

Tony Gloeggler: Hardly Talking

I’ll give up and lie,
promise, that yes, his friend
will be back tomorrow.

July 5, 2023 · 11 Comments

Derrick Z. Jackson: Climate Reality vs. Public Perception | Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?

Whether we wake up or not, a harsh climate is the new normal. To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage.

July 4, 2023 · 5 Comments

Barbara Hamby: Ode to Barbecue

We are lost again in the middle of redneck nowhere,
which is a hundred times scarier
than any other nowhere because everyone has guns.

July 3, 2023 · 23 Comments

Video: Julia Watson | How to build a resilient future using ancient wisdom

In her global exploration of Indigenous design systems, architect Julia Watson researches enduring innovations that could help us counter the challenges of climate change.

July 1, 2023 · Leave a comment

Michael Simms: The northern forests are burning

Here, 500 miles away
Smoke hangs over our valley

July 1, 2023 · 13 Comments

Matthew J. Parker: A Junkie By Any Other Name

I was a junkie for 20-odd years, ten of which I spent locked up – one fed beef and four (Arizona) state, all drug-related. To feed my habit, I chose to shoplift. A lot.

June 27, 2023 · 6 Comments

Carol Moldaw: Road Trip to Planned Parenthood

Only one hazmat-suited
protester outside the two-block buffer zone
shouldered a sign stapled to a plywood cross
that proclaimed a woman’s regret inevitable.

June 26, 2023 · 5 Comments

Video: Exposing Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry

Seventeen chickens were just liberated from the Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in Sonoma County as hundreds of activists gathered outside to bear witness as part of the Animal Liberation Conference. 

June 24, 2023 · Leave a comment

Michael Simms: The Summer You Learned to Swim

The summer you learned to swim
was the summer I learned to be at peace with myself.

June 17, 2023 · 30 Comments

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