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Exploring the world, one voice at a time.
Tag: ecoliterature
As Forest
This was our territory once. Every lifetime our places and times of day diminish, but as long as food sources remain plentiful we will stay here and adapt — learning to cross carefully the hard grey roadways and the daylight hours, the noise and… Continue Reading “As Forest”
Daybook
Sunday — September clouds trail the hillsides, misty fingers and thighs Monday — pancakes a little burned, gold leaves spend all their luck on scent Tuesday — you, a splash of yellow – you, the sun in the brook, our legs twined like branches… Continue Reading “Daybook”
Low Tide
At low tide I walk the sandbar Far out to sea Out to islands Of gulls and cormorants Leaving distant dots of people on shore. Terns dart and swoop Sandpipers race the tide The sea breathes Each wave exhales into the next. Immersed in… Continue Reading “Low Tide”
Grasmere
It is a place of dreams. It is a place of rolling hills and slow moving water, a sunken pocket of land where deer roam the open spaces and osprey soar the empty skies. The sky here travels high and wide like a long breath.
Folded Field Notes: NOCTURNAL
Folded Field Notes is an interactive column that explores a new ecological topic each fortnight — part writing challenge, part citizen science project — led by alternating guides with assistance from editor & ecologist JS Graustein. Will you join us? TODAY’S TOPIC : Nocturnal… Continue Reading “Folded Field Notes: NOCTURNAL”
Folded Field Notes: SILENCE
Folded Field Notes : Join our community writing project exploring the ecological theme of “silence.”
The Quiet Lion
If they stopped and stood perfectly still out on the moor, the quiet was everything. Maybe it was the rise of the hills around them, she thought at first, that meant all sounds from modern life were absent, but even when they walked up atop the hills the quiet was as deep as the ocean. Only the sound of one or two birds broke the silence.
Folded Field Notes: IMPRINT
Folded Field Notes : Join our community based writing project exploring the ecological theme of “imprint.”
Folded Field Notes: TRANSITION
Folded Field Notes : Join our community writing project exploring the ecological theme of “transition.”
Folded Field Notes: MIGRATION
Folded Field Notes : Join our community based writing project exploring the ecological theme of “migration.”
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