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Ecopoetry is any poetry with a strong ecological or environmental emphasis or message. Many poets and poems in the past have expressed ecological concerns, but only recently has there been an established term to describe them; there is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recognisable subgenre of poetry, termed Ecopoetry, which can, on occasions, form a major strand of a writer's career ...
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Saddiq Dzukogi (born in Minna) is a Nigerian poet and assistant professor at Mississippi State University's Department of English. [1] [2] He is the author of Your Crib, My Qibla, a highly-acclaimed poetry collection which has earned him the 2022 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, and the 2021 Julie Suk Award as a co-winner. [3]
Poetry School runs the Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry (formerly the Resurgence Prize), a major international award for poems embracing ecological themes, with a first prize of £5,000. [ 5 ] The Resurgence Prize was founded in 2014 by poet Andrew Motion and actress and activist Joanna Lumley . [ 6 ]
In addition to her academic publications, Elvey has also published several collections of poetry. She was the inaugurator and managing editor of Plumwood Mountain: An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics from 2013 to 2020. [10] [7] and editor-in-chief with Melbourne Poets’ Union, from 2016 to 2018. [7]
In the world of children's poetry, she was consistently praised for her skillful metered verse, free verse, nonsense verse, and social conscience. [38] Francisco X. Alarcón (1954–2016) first started writing poetry for children in 1997 after realizing there were very few books written by Latino authors. His poems are minimalist and airy, and ...
Alphabet deals with themes of nuclear war and ecological devastation. [5] [6]As the poem progresses and each section lengthens, an increasing number of elements related to destruction, death, and ecological devastation are introduced. [6]
Executive Director of the Poetry Society of America from 1988 until 2001, she has edited numerous anthologies, including the New York Times bestsellers Poetry Speaks. Her books of poetry include, most recently, The Nightlife , as well as Bestiary , Infidelities , winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize , and Houses: Coasts .