The ideas of conservation and environmental considerations had not yet been dreamt of in Shakespeare’s time. Yet his Sonnet Number IV already, in those times recognizes that Nature’s gifts should be used wisely, not wasted but preserved to benefit future generations. Here is the sonnet: Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend Upon thy self [...]
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Lemn Sissay at the Royal Academy in London
Lemn Sissay’s performance video of his poem WHAT IF? was, for me, one of the highlights of the Royal Academy’s current exhibit entitled EARTH – Art of a Changing World. The exhibit “sets out to consider the impact of climate change, and our transition to a new world, on the practice of a broad range [...]
Long Live This Wounded Planet
Poetry as a literary art form is once again gaining popularity. There is no shortage of poems addressing nature and Man’s interaction with it. I find this piece by Adrian Mitchell inspiring: William Blake says: Everything that Lives is Holy Long live the Child Long live the Mother and Father Long live the People Long [...]
