poetry

Dark verse from Issue 27 on 'bodies'. Felicia Zamora and Finn Haunch share startling visions of what lies in our hands and beneath our feet. With emerging beetle artwork by Maria Renée.

Last in our archive month series, we bring you two poems by Rachel Economy from Issue 11 that work to break down divisions, bringing an embodied response to our moment. With an image from the issue by Christo Galanis and introduction by Neale Inglenook.

Our archive month continues with Rob Lewis's essay on nature poetry, from Issue 10.

A heart-breaking valediction to California and the house of Robinson Jeffers from 'Dark Mountain: Issue 22 –ARK' by Neale Inglenook . With photographs by Robin V. Robinson.

Tracing her encounters with the 'white passion' of strawberry flowers and the dawn song of a thrush, Idaho poet CMarie Furhman reflects on the generosity of other species while asking whether humans have anything to offer in return. From 'Elementals Vol. 5' (Center for Humans & Nature)

Latest post from the just-published Dark Ocean: a re-imaginative charting of Cape Cod by Sarah B. Cahalan and a modern changeling story by M. Rose. With liminal artwork by Robin V. Robinson and Seb Bradshaw.

'how do we translate / the algorithms of the heart?' The poetry collective EcoBody explores the threads of connection with other ways of being that weave through a single word. With art by Victoria Bathurst and music by Alex MacInnis.

An endangered tortoise speaks through a poem by Rachel White, asserting its right to exist using the only language it has: that of its desert landscape. With tortoise photographs by Adam Elliott.

In our second selection for this month's archive series, Sharon English introduces two poems by Em Strang from Dark Mountain: Issue 16 –REFUGE. With artwork by Kate Walters originally featured in Issue 13.