The Abstractaphy Initiative – Raising awareness of global concerns through a marriage of the arts.

Raising Awareness of Global Concerns through a Marriage of the Arts

To illuminate this time and space we all float in.

Welcome to The Abstractaphy Initiative, a place where artists and writers come to express their thoughts on the state of, and future of, the planet and its residents. This website is an artistic project designed to raise awareness of global issues, foster appreciation for the world we live in, and promote thought towards new ideas for action in the present that will positively impact the future.

We accept virtually every kind of poetry known to humanity and will even accommodate translations if accompanied by an English version. We also accept art that addresses the above goals.

Late October

Community Voices Steve Van Allen The Environmental Outdoor Exhibit Project (EOEP)

By: Steve Van Allen
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Earth

global warming?
a beautiful spring day
late October

The Blue Dot

Bryan D. Cook Community Voices The Environmental Outdoor Exhibit Project (EOEP)

Cloaked from earthling sight, two extraterrestrial fortune hunters gaze down at planet Earth.

“Which bit do you want?”

“I’d take the blue stuff but it’s so full of plastics that I’ll pass. How about you?”

“ I’d take the green-brown stuff but it’s overrun with pillaging apes. I’ll pass too.”

“ Let’s go find another trophy world and leave this one’s sun to evaporate away its atmosphere.”

“O.K., pity though, it looked like such a precious blue gem on the trajector screen!”

ocean highway
too fast and busy
for humpbacks

Crunch

Community Voices Theresa A. Cancro

By: Theresa Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

the crunch
of gravel underfoot
stop-and-frisk

Wild Violets

Community Voices Theresa A. Cancro

By Theresa Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

wild violets
brushing her cheek
the shadow of a bruise

Selected poem, 7th Sharpening the Green Pencil Haiku Contest, 2018

Allegory

Community Voices Steve Van Allen

By: Steve Van Allen
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Earth

I’ve lost so much: people, pets, keys, books. In the short time since settlers arrived, streams and rivers in the Alleghanies have lost too.

I am daily polluted by chemicals and plastics in my food and water. Streams are damaged by global warming, fertilizers, dammed rivers, and air pollution effects us all.

80% of all hellbender salamanders are gone, and like me they want to hide all day, take care of their young, and not bother anyone.

eventide
lonely swim
searching for peace

Depression Era

Community Voices Debbie Strange

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Honourable Mention, 2024 Sonic Boom Annual Vispo Contest

Artist’s Statement:
A paper collage embellished with frayed burlap and fabric symbolizing how women learned to “make do” during the Depression Era. The grains of wheat and ration ticket represent food insecurity and the lack of the most basic items after countless farmers lost their land. The staple stitching works to bring these two themes together.

Ghost Gun

Community Voices Debbie Strange

By: Debbie Strange
Canada