National Poetry Month 2023: EcoPoetry

April 2023 National Poetry Month: Spotlight on Ecopoetry

This April, for 2023 National Poetry Month (NaPoMo), we are delighted to feature the work of our very own ODU writers from varied disciplines and backgrounds.

They have been invited to contribute nature/climate change/environmentally focused poems (whether these are new or were previously written/published, as long as rights have reverted to the poet).

Given Old Dominion University’s leadership position in research, education, and collaborative partnerships when it comes to the pressing issues of ocean rise, climate precarity, resilience, and adaptation— we hope that these Spotlight features help to sustain important conversations, and contribute to the archive of narratives as we keep an eye on that future we want to share.

Ecopoetry

She Is Tired

Aderonke Adeleke, Old Dominion University

The Last Day of February

Kenneth W. Ashley, Old Dominion University

I Heard the Cicadas Sing

Marjorie Cenese, Old Dominion University

Earthphrasis

Marianne Chan, Old Dominion University

Peer-reviewed Publications in 17 Syllables

Fred Dobbs

With Just My Hands

Bridget Dolan, Old Dominion University

Listen for the End

Tope A. Larayetan, Old Dominion University

Cassandra in a Time of Climate Change

Kate Lewis, Old Dominion University

Bear Fruit

Kole Matheson, Old Dominion University

An Ice Age Ends

George McLeod, Old Dominion University

When I Say “Geoengineering,” You Say “What?”

Kelly Morse, Old Dominion University

The Blue Door

Sam New, Old Dominion University

A Poetic Requiem

Gloria Ogo, Old Dominion University

I Branded Myself a Black Thumb—

Megan A. Pastore, Old Dominion University

Blink

Tracy Rice Weber