The Thrashing
In the Florida Keys, fish like the endangered sawtooth are circling to death. What prophecy is this?
8 Years of Journalism in Verse
Wisconsin Hunters Kill Over 200 Wolves in Less Than Three Days
By Mary Ann Honaker. It is time for humankind to loosen its
Owl in the City
By Joan Glass. A wild owl found nestled in the branches of
How to Shoot a Sleeping Bear
By Bonnie Rae Walker. Congress has rolled back the Obama law prohibiting the murder of bears and wolves in Alaskan wildlife refuges.
Where Hurricanes Hit Hardest and Leave the Deepest Wells
By Kathy Gibbons. The U.S. intentionally flooded a Houston neighborhood and now the lawsuits are flooding in.
We Knew This All Along [AUDIO]
By Thea Engst. Somewhere in Indonesia, a tiny seahorse uses a pink, plastic Q-tip to ride the waves.
Alive in Captivity After the Flood
By Jerry Bradley. After 50 inches of rain in August, a Texan poet listens and waits for the water.
Semiogenetics, in Flames
By Joseph M. Gerace. In the heart of California's wine country, twelve wildfires assault the land.
Cento: Hurricane Reel
By J. Todd Hawkins. In this cento, lyrics from country songs describe survival amidst natural disaster.
This Poem Isn’t a Dirge [AUDIO]
By Rodney Wilder. Positive environmental news comes from an unlikely place.
Oya Awakened
By Geoffrey Philp. "..The pressure dropped and Irma’s path shifted toward the Keys, lifting dust she’d carried from the Sahara..."
Death of a Lake
By Thriveni Mysore. Recognizing "home" by a lake so polluted it regularly bursts into flames. An elegy for India's Bellandur Lake.
Leaving Houston
By J. Todd Hawkins. A poet reports on fleeing Houston during Hurricane Harvey.
