And They Left Us a Broken Planet
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Our world faces a climate crisis, and the impacts are almost beyond imagination. Every aspect of our societies will be affected by the consequences of global warming. It is the defining challenge of our time.
This poetry series, And They Left Us a Broken Planet, aims to give a voice to the all-encompassing impact of climate change on our planet and human life. In 100 days, the series builds towards 100 poems all on the theme of climate change. The poems explore its diverse impacts on the environment and our societies, reflecting on our personal and systemic positions, channelling the despair felt by some, and offering hope.
The majority of the series is inspired by newspapers articles, blogs by organizations fighting global warming, research papers by scholars, and books on climate change. A brief explainer is frequently included with each poem.
I invite you to explore the consequential effects of global warming on our planet and humanity at large as addressed through my poetry series And They Left Us a Broken Planet.
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︎ About • Prologue
Our world faces a climate crisis, and the impacts are almost beyond imagination. Every aspect of our societies will be affected by the consequences of global warming. It is the defining challenge of our time.
This poetry series, And They Left Us a Broken Planet, aims to give a voice to the all-encompassing impact of climate change on our planet and human life. In 100 days, the series builds towards 100 poems all on the theme of climate change. The poems explore its diverse impacts on the environment and our societies, reflecting on our personal and systemic positions, channelling the despair felt by some, and offering hope.
The majority of the series is inspired by newspapers articles, blogs by organizations fighting global warming, research papers by scholars, and books on climate change. A brief explainer is frequently included with each poem.
I invite you to explore the consequential effects of global warming on our planet and humanity at large as addressed through my poetry series And They Left Us a Broken Planet.
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the narrative
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immortality
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bleached
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no ceiling
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greenland
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ppm
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skin
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thawed
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tipping
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climate crisis
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unravelling
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poster boy
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99 problems
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grief
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band aid
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how to survive extinctions
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winds have changed
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retreat
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xr
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intertwined
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beyond imagination
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un-rise
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tell me a bedtime story grandpa
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storytelling
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feeling lost
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adventures of an overheated elderly home
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unwilling
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theatre star
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belonging in a low-carbon future
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climate stripes
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if I would be
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teenage striker girl
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burning hills
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what to learn from a frog
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whales
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fish we don’t cry for
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Lady Justice
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leaves and stems
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Lakoff
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menial / our land is dead
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non-identity
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zombie army
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the Artic Veterans Memorial
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air conditioner
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roots
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how to pray
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day zero
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twenty companies
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attribution revolution
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the first extermination
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birthday in Paris
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those streets
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immersion
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letter to Pablo
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farewell, my dear avocado
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mass mobilization
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fairness
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managed retreat
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valuing lives
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washcloth and candy
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leading the way
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herders
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a time for hope
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healing a heated planet
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farming the wind
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letter to John / the weight of my worries
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the lime/where we partied
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to Whom to pray
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discourses of climate delay
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revolt green economists
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reducing food waste
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the Ice Squad
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