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Latest extract from our new issue ABYSS: poets Bhanu Kapil and Claire Wahmanholm stand in the dark and bear witness to an enduring crown and collapsing glacier. With artwork by Basia Irland.

Two penetrating glimpses into the wild world in times of calamity: Rob Carney's juxtaposition of the poetic and the political observing a hawk and squirrel in the US; Samantha Clark's lockdown contemplation of loss and stillness by a loch on a grey day on Orkney.

Sharon English encounters a 'radiant spirit of the New Year' en route to the Humber River in Canada and contemplates the dark and solitary places we go to in times of descent.

Two writers contemplate the significance of steams in different territories: the Braamfontein Spruit in Johannesburg and the river Mel in Cambridgeshire.

Alice Attlee enters the freezing waters of the river Medway in the wake of fellow swimmer-writers and activists. With illustration by Nick Hayes. Latest post in our 'Becoming Human' section.

A city like Berlin is already a natural disaster in so many ways. How are we supposed to know when a bit more is too much?

Margaret Miller on streams that died and were brought to life again.

Dark Mountain co-founder Paul Kingsnorth introduces his new poetry collection from the wilds of Patagonia.

Poems from Natalie Young and Mark Rutter, accompanied by images from Robin V. Robinson's photographic series Surfacing.

Brown bears wear the trail smooth all summer and fall, seeking sockeye, pinks, and cohos,...