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Poetry & Environmental Justice

The Poetry Society of America and Greenpeace USA invited eight poets to reflect on a poem that has shaped their understanding of environmental justice, including how it feels to live through the climate crisis, the lived experience of communities in harm’s way, or the power structures that reinforce environmental inequality.

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Ada Limón on “Requiem for a Nest” by Wanda Coleman

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Craig Santos Perez on “Water Remembers” by Brandy Nālani McDougall
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Kazim Ali on Kimberly Alidio’s poem “: rock // neverended :”
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Allison Adelle Hedge Coke on “For History on Behalf of My Children” by Gloria Bird
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Dan Chiasson on “Watching Blackbirds Turn to Ghosts” by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
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Anaïs Duplan on “Let us gather in a flourishing way” by Juan Felipe Herrera
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Amber Flora Thomas on “Whereas Statements” by Layli Long Soldier
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Shara McCallum on “being property once myself” by Lucille Clifton
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Introduction to Poetry and Environmental Justice

Travis Nichols and Jonathan Butler, Greenpeace USA

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