Posted on 29 May 2019
by J.S. Graustein
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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”
Category: essay, short stories, WrittenWordWednesdayTags: browsing, creatures, deer, ecolinguistics, ecoliterature, essay, fiona jones, flash fiction, folded word, forest, human encroachment, nature, navigating, trees, woods, WrittenWordWednesday
Posted on 21 June 2018
by J.S. Graustein
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The coyotes are crying tonight. From across the creek Their wild howls Rise in the trees, Drift over rooftops Through open windows. Not far from our lawns and driveways Lies an ancient world, Of drought, hunger, fire and flood. Of open range and primal… Continue Reading “Coyotes”
Category: SolsticeSeriesTags: coyote, Eileen Curran-Kondrad, habitat, human encroachment, nature, poem, Poetry, reclamation, solstice, SolsticeSeries, wild