Nature

Encouraging Awe

Oct 01, 2018

Essay by Catherine Owens

A growing number of Americans experience ecoanxiety—defined as a ‘chronic fear of environmental doom.’

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Analogic Geology: Toxic Trail

Jun 18, 2018

Poem by Laura Moriarty

It is an easy though mentally challenging hike that affords excellent views of the Chevron Refinery.

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A Local Life

Jun 04, 2018

Poem by Robin Chapman

Over my coffee I read that John Hoke’s dead, and outside our problems multiply.

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After Watching a Snake

May 28, 2018

Poem by Chris Gillen

Again and again the thick filament grips thin abdomens.

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The Naming of Small Things

May 21, 2018

Poem by Barbara Edelman

This land is rainforest, charged by rhythms of cicadas.

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High Winds Write the Tides

Apr 16, 2018

Poem by Tiffany Higgins

who was the one who gleaned?

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Mad Cows

Apr 09, 2018

Poem by Margaret Young

I have a problem with mad anything except in adverb form.

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Moths in the Kitchen

Mar 19, 2018

Two Poems by Ellen McGrath Smith

Younger, the infestation would have been loss drilling through my middle.

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The Real Enemy

Mar 19, 2018

Poem by Maria Griffin

Nature is a noisy thing, and mammoths don’t walk lightly.

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Witnessed in the Convex Mirror

Mar 19, 2018

Poem by Eileen Tabios

I notice buds late to their blossoming, a flaw that makes one realize sunlight offers no clues.

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