{"id":4090,"date":"2020-04-17T09:41:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T16:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2020-04-17T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T16:45:28","slug":"global-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/pastis\/global-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Poetry is sometimes too much with us,
\nalways tangling underfoot. Like kudzu
\nor the parachuting dandelion fluff
\nwe superstitiously disperse\u00a0with\u00a0puffs,
\npoetry goes wild, turns weed. Its niche
\nbecomes a whole ecology.<\/p>\n

O Peoples of the Earth, hear me on this!
\nPoetry clings to everything. We can\u2019t
\nhack back its proliferating\u00a0nodes, trap
\nits encapsulated seeds,\u00a0which survive
\nthe seasons,\u00a0germinate\u00a0in pavement cracks,
\non distant rooftop tar. Poetry thrives
\noff CO2 <\/sup>and every breath released.
\nWe must live with the change it brings.<\/p>\n

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The viral dimensions of this poem were not as striking when I wrote it a decade ago at the beginning of my retirement and what I envisioned as an unbroken period of poetic composition. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing quite so ecstatically Dylan-Thomas-esque happened. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yet it has been a very productive period. So I am featuring “Global Warning” here to celebrate my past ten years of new and polished old poems and translations.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Poetry is sometimes too much with us, always tangling underfoot. Like kudzu or the parachuting dandelion fluff we superstitiously disperse\u00a0with\u00a0puffs, poetry goes wild, turns weed. Its niche becomes a whole ecology. O Peoples of the Earth, hear me on this! Poetry clings to everything. We can\u2019t hack back its proliferating\u00a0nodes, trap its encapsulated … <\/p>\n

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