POETRY FOR EARTH DAY 2025
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All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . . . The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.
Aldo Leopold
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VERSE & IMAGE celebrates Earth Day, April 22, throughout National Poetry Month. Do you have a favorite poem that enlarges the boundaries of community? That notices the often overlooked? That celebrates all life on earth as one family together?
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Send your poem to: ++++++++ ecopoetry@griffinpoetry.com
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We may share it in one of several posts dedicated to living together on our living planet.
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Please read these GUIDELINES:
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Deadline April 10, 2025, midnight Eastern Daylight Time USA
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Send ONE poem by any author other than yourself addressing the theme of community.
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Include the poem in the body of an email, or as a .DOC or .RTF attachment, to ecopoetry@griffinpoetry.com.
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Please add info about where the poem has been published.
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Also include a personal statement – how do you feel connected to this poem? What does it mean to you? How has it connected you to the earth? [I would suggest 100 words or less; may be edited for length.]
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Visit GriffinPoetry.com between April 15 and April 30 to see if your poem has been selected for presentation.
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Optional: if you submit one poem by an author other than yourself, you may also submit one original poem on the same theme that you have written. We prefer previously published – include acknowledgments.
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VERSE & IMAGE is a weekly blog of poetry, nature photography, personal essay, and ecology.
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