poetry

Two startling visceral poems from Dark Mountain: Issue 21 by Joel Long and Finn Haunch, with embodied artwork by Gustaf Broms

For our final post from the archive: poetry editor Cate Chapman selects a trio of liminal poems from past collections. With mezzotint by Sarah Gillespie from The Moth Project

A story of California rock and flame: Nicholas Triolo juxtaposes the tale of a narrow escape from the devastating Paradise wild fire, with the life and work of the poet Robinson Jeffers

Three poems from our 'requiem' collection that voice what remains when houses and hives are abandoned by the living. With ceremonial artwork by Jim Carter.

Dom Bury introduces his first poetry collection 'Rite of Passage', an initiation journey into the shadow of man's disjointed relationship with the Earth.

Continuing this week with a selection from the pages of our new issue, we bring you an essay on mourning and regenerative culture by Mat Osmond With ancestral tree artwork by Kate Walters.

Today from our new collection, we bring you two poems of celebration and lament by Nikole Brown and Monika Kostera, with artwork by Jordan Tierney

Reflecting on the entwining destinies of trees and human beings, Mark Martin delves into deep time and poetry for our Under the Canopy section

From our new Dark Mountain collection: two poems of return by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland and Ben Weaver. With deer drawing by Rebecca Clark

   

In the Beginning Was a River But back in March something happened there that keeps...