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'It is becoming increasingly clear that we all need to contribute to ensure the survival of our planet; new narratives are urgently called for. Ecopoetry has become a genre within which poets put up a searching and at times brutally honest lens through which to consider climate change, loss of biodiversity, the pollution of our air and water, and environmentally damaging industries such as mining and deforestation.
'Poetry for the Planet showcases the work of one hundred poets from Australia and New Zealand. Despite an astonishing variety in style, poems are united in their plea to all of us to forge a new relationship with our fractured world, and move from an attitude of short-term exploitation to one of nourishment and sustainability.' (Publication summary)
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Editor's note: All proceeds from the sale of this book to be directed to the Australian Conservation Foundation.
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Contents indexed selectively.
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Includes Haiku by Edna Heled, Dianne Cikusa and Leigh Roswen.
Contents
- Doubtless Sound, single work poetry
- Greenshrink, single work poetry
- Earth Tessellates, single work poetry
- Point Lookout, single work poetry
- At Seai"Brine rises, whetted as memories in my sandbagged lungs—", single work poetry
- Public Health Warning, single work poetry
- Ecstatic Dance, single work poetry
- A Hill Outside Yanchepi"A swell in the geography", single work poetry
- The Carmichael Mine, single work poetry
- The Glaciers, single work poetry
- Confusion in My Garden, single work poetry
- Reflections, single work poetry
- The Fall, single work poetry
- River of Time, single work poetry
- The Estuary, Valla NSW, single work poetry
- Wilderness Untouched, single work poetry
- A Pelican on Lake Eyre, single work poetry
- Good Earth, single work poetry
- Beeliar, single work poetry
- Summer Ice, single work poetry
