Here: Poems for the Planet

Including Mark Tredinnick’s poem, “Inland”

Edited by Elizabeth J. Coleman 

“This book contains many beautiful, generous poems and ideas for action. It is my heartfelt hope that they will inspire readers who ask themselves, ‘but what can I do?’ to see that there is a way forward—learning to share the earth and its resources, while taking care of it together.” —from the Foreword, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
 
Here: Poems for the Planet is a call for hope and action on behalf of a planet in crisis. Summoning a chorus of more than 125 living poets, this anthology approaches our environmental crisis with urgency and vision. The poems in Here are introduced by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and followed by an activist guide written by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Now is the time for this anthology, which galvanizes readers to address the realities of climate change and ecological peril head-on. Here looks at our fellow humans and animals, the beauty around us, and the problems we face, asking for a renewed sense of courage in place of the fear that so often leads to indifference and cynicism. Through the window of poetry, each reader is invited to see with new eyes what the astronauts saw the first time they peered down from space at our tiny Earth.