By River Shepherd for Denali Who will warn us of the hurricane Fast approaching ravaged shores Who will warn us of the rainfall Unprecedented as it pours Who will track the changes On this earth so rare and blue Constant decimation What the fuck are we to do? Stand up for our neighbors Stand up…
By River Shepherd for Denali When people speak of cities and states as if they’ll still be here in 300 years, give or take I wonder if they understand that our Earth herself is only water and shifting sand forever caught in orbit by gravity, we can’t fully decipher our planet’s so special yet we…
Rye BC for Denali A monotonous tone echoes throughout the country. We stand shell shocked a misogynist erases our names In the Name of protecting women. “Gender” is being replaced with sex Many of the “women” he speaks of do not want this protection but what about our trans sisters – Are you protecting them…
By Victor Ivanov for Denali It’s a rough and rocky road When your nose is to the grindstone When your day starts before the early bird gets the worm and at night, the path is lit by burning the midnight oil So many times, you’d wish the journey was over Then looked back and remember…
By River Shepherd for Denali For now the wakened frogs sing Under stars so clear and bright As each new dawn does wring Too early spring takes flight. For now the wakened frogs sing Marshy pools filled anew What does tomorrow bring? Something they never knew. For now the wakened frogs sing And life still…
By Members of The Poetry Alliance: Kat Tabor, Amelia Hampton, Cosmo McBurney, Nova Meyhoff and Simangaliso Mdlaluse. Didn’t think letting a child come to harm was a good way to build character I then realized that child was me, I was the one that was harmed not the fantasy and evil I thought it was…
By River Shepherd Whether disease kills me slowly, (or I do all at once, ’cause sometimes I’m super sad) Whether I’m killed by climate chaos, (or someone else does ‘cause my existence makes them mad) I don’t know how much time I have, How many days or months or years. All I know is this: …
