![]() ![]() The poems are therefore tinged with sadness for what is almost certain to be lost: the city’s people, food, smells, sounds.Īt times it’s hard to discern whether the poems describe the city as it exists today or will be soon, a fitting quality given the unpredictable nature of climate change. Though Miami is still standing, experts agree that it’ll be one of the first cities in the United States to succumb to sea-level rise as a result of climate change. His formally inventive poems read like a requiem for the city he grew up in. The first is Losing Miami, an artful third collection by Chicago-based poet Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué. ![]() Two outstanding poetry collections about climate change hit shelves this month. Perhaps it will come as no surprise, then, that poets have begun to experiment with the subject, creating deeply affecting art out of questions over how and when to grieve, cope with loss, and create new paths forward. In its all-encompassing largeness it defies straightforward description, inspires awe and terror, and demands rumination on the past. There’s something like a perverse poetry to climate change. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter to get “Burning Worlds” and other writing about art and climate change delivered straight to your inbox. Burning Worlds is Amy Brady’s monthly column dedicated to examining trends in climate fiction, or “cli-fi,” in partnership with Yale Climate Connections. ![]()
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