our apocalypse
once in ultra slow motion
now on fast forward
—Terri Guillemets
social issues
CBT
but the science bears out
my catastrophic thinking
—Terri Guillemets
One step forward…
—LIFE magazine, 1922 February 23rd, digitized by Google, books.google.com
Fight for our lives
like wild animals, I am happy hiding
the artificial frightens my being —
but it is time to fight for the earth
—Terri Guillemets
scrambled blackout poetry created from Rafe Martin, Birdwing, 2005,
Killing nature
the wilderness died
of a broken heart —
from bad decisions and
evil battles of grown men
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Rafe Martin, Birdwing, 2005,
I am guilty too
Man, with his metal beaver-teeth
chops down the world’s trees —
saws, whines, grinds — loudly
without a care but human “needs”
—Terri Guillemets
Censorship
To kill words with fear,
It’s a dreadful thing.
—Don’t.
blackout poetry created from Charles Dickens, “The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain,” 1848, as published in The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens, edited by Peter Haining, 1983 edition,
—Terri Guillemets