Poem: the pulled card is a toppling tower
views of the new condo development
are revealed branch by falling branch
with plastic bags caught like
futile parachutes
Climate Poems
Poem: Visiting the Riverwalk with Heraclitus
With each step I take
my voice sounds more foreign.
Poem: Lights Out
Darkness.
Scamper to the window,
Swipe aside the dusty curtain.
Poem: Disappointed in Joe
Too beautiful of a morning
to once again realize
I can’t always trust humans to have humanity.
Poem: Branches of the Willow
Resilience —
passed down through generations,
the gentleness of swaying.
Poem: Time
We are cut like the melon, made of mush,
drowning in the sweet, thick summer stick
of the mind that keeps churning.
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Planet Detroit + Room Project join forces for a second year during poetry month. Send us your climate poems!
