Tag Archives: climate change
It’s Penguin Awareness Day! #penguinawarenessday
Yes, it is Penguin Awareness Day! We all need to be aware of penguins, suffering at the hands of climate change. So here’s a little taster of Apes to Zebras, An A-Z of Shape Poems, Bloomsbury, by me, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens, out on the 22 March.
NPD Poem of the Day, by Nicola Jackson
. Poem of the Day is this fabulous message sent in by Nicola Jackson: . . Dear Earth, . . Keep the high combes fluted with flaked grey rock, the empty places where the Steinadler soars, where shattered scree chutes tumble into darkness and turquoise glacier pools feed the torrents’ roar. . As ice rivers shrink, …
45 Days until National Poetry Day!
Are you a poet? There are only 45 days until National Poetry Day, and this year the theme is ‘Messages’. Do you have a message for the planet, or an animal? Could you write a message poem from an animal, or habitat, or the world, to humanity? I am collecting message poems of this type …
G is for Gorilla
The image above was not taken in the wild, it is taken at Bergen Zoo by Sabine Bresser, of N’Gayla, a gorilla who unexpectedly gave birth to twins, one boy, one girl, a very rare event for gorillas. I chose it because of her incredibly proud smile. She is, reportedly, a happy character. Gorillas are …
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