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They say nobody reads poetry. Almost nobody reads *anything* any more except for posts and tweets and toots. But keep on writing. Maybe someday ...
#poetry

"Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Poetry

Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication
In poetry, speculation might help us make sense of what it means to live with an uncertain climate future.

There was an Old Man with a Beard
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.
--Edward Lear
#Poetry

“Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:        
And Lo! The Hunter of the East has caught                        
The Sultan’s Turret in a Noose of Light”
(Edward FitzGerald and the Rubšiyšt of Omar Khayyšm, 1st edition 1859)
#Poetry #Translation

Bilbo's Last Song, by J.R.R. Tolkien
#Book #Fantasy #Poetry #Review …

Fall, the #season of the oppressive #emotions, always moves me.
Back to #poetry and #music, featuring Georg Trakl. 🖤
> Elis, wenn die Amsel im schwarzen Wald ruft:
> "Dieses ist dein Untergang!"
https://youtu.be/vFmmjHf5NCM