Peggy Hale Bilbro
Alabama, USA
Day after day we hear the news: the hottest July ever; the once every thousand years flood; Canada on fire; the Gulf Stream collapsing; the fortieth day of temperatures above 110°; arctic ice melting; sea levels rising; coastal areas threatened. I don’t even know what to say. If you can’t see it, I can’t convince you with my words.
forest bathing
the smell of smoke
drifts by
Published in contemporary haibun online Issue 19:3, 2023