Climate Crisis Eleven-Line Poem

Timothy Adès

Climate Crisis Eleven-Line Poem
***Climate crisis correct course climate crisis correct course *** Climate crisis convulse customs crops continents Cancel cars cancel commuting convert conurbations Control corporations crack carbon consolidate coasts Cut coal cut cattle cut consumption cut commerce Free food focus farms forge friendships forget fashion Fortify forests finish felling forestall financiers Peace priority preach persistently persuade politicians Abandon airports axe airlines adapt activities Save sacred seas stop spoliation sustain sustain ***Go green get good growth give give give give give***

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Heatwave 2022 and 2025

Grosse Hitze - mit Zusatzstrophe

Angelika Schramm (1940)

Grosse Hitze - mit Zusatzstrophe
2022 In einer Stadt namens Klitze Da herrschte ne ganz große Hitze. Dann wurde es schwül. Nun regnet es viel Und am Himmel gibt's Donner und Blitze. 2025 Auch in Hamburg, der Stadt mit dem Hafen, war's, als würde Gott uns bestrafen, zuerst schwüle Hitz, dann Donner und Blitz, aber ich habe selig geschlafen.
Heatwave 2022 and 2025
2022 A maritime city called Brighton had a heatwave so hot as to frighten. Very sticky and hot! Now it’s raining a lot, and it’s started to thunder and lighten. 2025 And on Hamburg, where ships find their mooring, God's anger came raging and roaring. Heat's clammy grip tightened, it thundered and lightened... I slept, I was blissfully snoring.
Image: Conrad Felixmüller - Gewitter über der Stadt 1951

Translation: Copyright © Timothy Adès

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