I am excited to announce that my sixth poetry collection and my first book of ecopoems has just been published by Kelsay Books. Nature and the environment have always been a central concern of mine, and I thought it high time to speak up against the unprecedented destruction of this great web of life. Muscogee poet Joy Harjo wrote, “Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world.” In the words of poet Robert Francis “…it was enough for anyone to love for all a lifetime.” For us there has never been a better place, and there is no Plan B.
Here’s what one reviewer writes:
“These poems speak from within the age of climate grief without turning away from attention or affection. Twaronite writes as a naturalist—someone who has actually walked and watched this planet—and it shows. Watch Us Burn is a book of desert light, fossil time, and hard questions about what we’re doing to the more-than-human world, yet it keeps returning to moments of beauty and connection that feel like small acts of repair.” Scott Bryson, Author of Ecopoetry: A Critical Introduction and The West Side of Any Mountain
The collection includes both new and selected poems from a lifetime of writing, and are written in a clear accessible style. Now available from Kelsay Books https://kelsaybooks.com/products/watch-us-burn-poems-for-a-lost-earth as well as Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Burn-Poems-Earth/