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Property

June 26, 2024June 25, 2024 by Michaela McCormick
A scenic photo of Oregon's rolling hills, covered by a patchwork of health forests and horrible brown patches of clear cuts.

Property in our ravenous economy  is dead matter.  It comes alive only  as someone puts a price on it.  It has no value unless and until  a human being owns it.  The same entity,  in … Read more

Tags Earth, growth, mother earth, property

Indebted to Earth

August 24, 2023 by Michaela McCormick
Scorched ferns after the heat dome.

Human arrogancehas done what we couldto subdue our Mother Earth,extracting what we dubbed her riches –the wood, coal, and oil to fuelour frantic race for comfort and convenience,the spices, sugar, tobacco, tea, and coffeeto sate … Read more

Tags Climate Breakdown, Earth, Nature, overreach, Poetry

Where Are the Birds?

November 17, 2022 by Michaela McCormick
2 crows on a fence

I wake most mornings now to the singular “caw” of Crows. So precious, for it comes less and less with the songs of other Birds. Where are the Mourning Doves, the House Sparrows, Finches, Scrub-Jays, … Read more

Tags Birds, Extinction, Regenerative Culture

Spider, Cabbage Moth, and Me

August 7, 2022 by Michaela McCormick

Maybe it’s not too late/ to study the humility, restraint, and wisdom/ of other species.

Tags Insects, Species

Profit and Poison

April 20, 2022 by Michaela McCormick

“Profit and poison
so unevenly divided
yet mercilessly entangled.”

Tags Climate Change, Poetry, Poisons, Profit

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