by Demet Uygun You are a sky full of stars,A floating voyage,Infinite beauty that never leaves scars,Cause you light up the path through the dark.Like the Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky,Continuous as the stars that shine,You light up the world from afar. Working Notes on Demet’s poem: I chose the line “continuous …
by Charmaine Küllenberg The wind rises Like a wave upon the sea Where the weeds are growing free There deep, deep in the forest night Some are born to sweet delight _ There we wander, there we weep As the crows fall asleep Hear the forest talking, insects and birds An idiot prayer of empty …
by Noah Brelage 1. Extract from Personal Details: “I wandered lonely as a cloud In vacant or in pensive mood, Which is the bliss of solitude” 2.1 Declaration of the person receiving the daffodils: I am aware that I am obliged under § 60 of Fluttering and dancing in the breeze to immediately report any …
Even outside of environmental literature circles, William Wordsworth’s poem ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’, also commonly known as ‘Daffodils’, is widely recognised as ‘one of England’s most famous and most quintessentially Romantic poems’ (British Library). In 2007, local tourism officials of the Lake District even released a pop video and hip hop version to celebrate its …
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In this writerly contemplation of queer relation with animals and landscapes, Clare Patterson draws connections between sheep trapped in snow drifts, Clarice Lispector’s cockroach, Leslie Feinberg’s crow, and various “significant othernesses” that shape our lives and queer literature. 🏵 At my grandmother’s house, I slept in a small back bedroom, with one window that looked …
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The identity formation that happens through t4t intimacy and sex in Bendorf’s poem is an identity formation that also happens with and through nature.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), organic farming is a production management system that is unique and promotes biological cycles, biodiversity, and biological activity in the soil
When looking at the faces of the sustainability movement, what do you see? A campaign for environmental justice that is synonymous with names like Jane Goodall, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Greta Thunberg, Autumn Petlier, Vanessa Nakate, and Sylvia Earle.
Ecofeminism was not refined in its usage until the 1980’s when Levertov was losing popularity as a poet, so it is unlikely she ever would have used this term in her life (ignoring the fact that she did not want to be labelled as a feminist in the first place), however, her work and personal ideologies closely aligns with the general theories of ecofeminism established and refined throughout her lifetime.
A 2019 report by IndiaSpend stated that since 2012 more than 133 instances of cow vigilantism have been reported, with 50 deaths and 290 injuries (Team IndiaSpend). Cow vigilantism is a form of violent, sectarian activism that aims to prohibit eating beef and/or engaging in beef-related transactions. Among the victims, 57% were Muslims, 9% Dalits …
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