100 Poems to Save the Earth by Zo Brigley

100 Poems to Save the Earth by Zo Brigley

This landmark anthology, 100 Poems to Save the Earth, presents a positive and determined impulse to change for the better how human beings interact with the environment.

These imaginative, questing poems reveal our crisis as fundamentally a crisis of perception. We can no longer view Earth as a collection of resources to be exploited but must see it as the living web of connections and relationships that it is.

The voices gathered call for ecological justice, an ethics of care for the earth and for each other. The eclectic mix of poets – rural and urban – link issues of social injustice and the need to protect the environment, emphasizing a sweeping urgency. The time for awareness building is over. This anthology, with its incisive Foreword, is a call to action to fight the threat facing the only planet we have.

Poetry has the power to inspire thought and action. As these poems show, it speaks directly but is the opposite of simplistic; it can be subtle and allusive, consoling or incendiary. And it can play a part in saving the earth.

'This compelling suite of poems is a timely reminder to cherish, to celebrate. What could be more enjoyable than beautiful poems about this beautiful planet? This collection is immediate, moving, wise and unforgettable as it is unputdownable!' – Daljit Nagra

'These achingly beautiful poems, from a range of stellar talents, animate and explore the sometimes-frayed connection we have with our precious planet and remind us how to refind ourselves amid the landscape we call home'– Sonya Huber

'Neither one hundred nor one billion poems will save the planet, but it is an absolute necessity for poets to celebrate our world and engage with its future. This is a marvellous compendium to show how they are attempting this…' – Robert Minhinnick

Zoë Brigley has three collections of poetry from Bloodaxe books, and a nonfiction essay collection, 'Notes from a Swing State' from Parthian. She is Assistant Professor in English at the Ohio State University. She won an Eric Gregory Award for the best British poets under 30, was Forward Prize commended, and listed in the Dylan Thomas Prize. Kristian Evans is a poet, editor and environmental campaigner living in Bridgend. Recent publications include 100 Poems to Save the Earth (Seren Books) and Otherworlds: Essays and Letters on Nature and Magic (Broken Sleep). An amateur naturalist, his interest in ecology has led him to explore ideas of the ‘more-than-human’ world, animism, esoteric philosophies and other neglected or forgotten forms of knowledge. He is a founding editor of Modron an online magazine of writing on the ecological crisis, and is author of the column, A Kenfig Journal for the environmental charity Sustainable Wales.

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ISBN 13	9781781726242
ISBN 10	1781726248
Title	100 Poems to Save the Earth
Author	Zoë Brigley
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Poetry Wales Press
Year published	2021-07-19
Number of pages	190
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