Environmental Studies
Rob Carney
29th August, 2018
In the Beginning Was a River But back in March something happened there that keeps...
Dark Verse
Billboard 8 - Berlin by Robert Montgomery (Issue 10: Uncivilised Poetics)
There’s been poetry at the heart of Dark Mountain from its beginnings. The name itself is taken from a line of Robinson Jeffers.
Many members of the editorial team who have been responsible for the Dark Mountain books are also poets, including Em Strang, Sophie McKeand and Adrienne Odasso.
In this section, you can get a taste of the uncivilised poetics for which we have sought to create a home.
The Secret Opinions of Rivers
Paul Kingsnorth
16th May, 2018
Dark Mountain co-founder Paul Kingsnorth introduces his new poetry collection from the wilds of Patagonia.
The Desert and the Sea
Natalie Young and Mark Rutter
24th April, 2018
Poems from Natalie Young and Mark Rutter, accompanied by images from Robin V. Robinson's photographic series Surfacing.
A Wild Compliance
Ben Weaver
26th December, 2017
I’ve got maps spread out all over the kitchen floor whose braids are hollowing my...
Two Poems from Issue 11
Anne Haven McDonnell and Eleanor Hooker
28th April, 2017
Predators Anne Haven McDonnell A scream is made to cut through the mind’s fog, all...
Considering Leaves: After John Trudell
Ben Weaver
15th February, 2017
You could rake leaves while the glaciers melt and horses stand somewhere in a field...
Poems of Genesis and Degeneration
John David Ebert
23rd November, 2016
Civilisation begins in wonder and awe: the visions of the planets crawling across the ebony...
The Details
Jay Ruzesky
8th November, 2016
JR: You have said, ‘Philosophy is thinking in love with clarity.’ Can you tell me...