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~ interregnum II ~

Today after a lot of frustrating time wasted I think I have finally solved my inability to upload photos to my WordPress blog on a daily basis.

It’s possibly been because I’ve had too many programs &/or tabs open in the background, but my computer is reasonably powerful in the RAM department & can run video & sound editing programs with ease, so if that is the case it suggests the new version of WordPress is pretty clunky.

None-the-less, I think the problem has been solved & these poems that have been slowly accumulating since the last interregnum (April 16) can now be cleared & the rest of the month dealt with day by day as intended. Fingers crossed.

Quick links to 9 days of posts.

https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-17-grans-lifetime-under-a-century/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-18-frackwit/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-19-inconveniences/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-20-solastalgia/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-21-sacrifice-zones/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-22-the-ark/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-23-bill-his-posse-of-nature-poets/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-24-the-overview-effect/
https://garethroi.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/day-25-the-actual-war-to-end-all-wars/

That’s that then; now I’ve got to actually write one for today. Back later I hope.

Day 16 — desperation

Today’s poem (ironically) is an offshoot of the one I was working on yesterday. This is more like the poem I had in my head when I began yesterday; even if it didn’t end up there.

desperation

the more i read
about what we need to change
if we are to change
climate change’s worst potential
outcomes
the more desperate & depressed 
i become

to the point where i am glad 
i haven’t brought kids
into the world we are daily
terradeforming

but thankfully
that madness passes
to be replaced
by the old ongoing
sadness

Day 14 – drought

A topic of key concern for the driest continent on earth.

drought

Drought has been the dominant historical cause of hunger, starvation, and consequent death.

Paddy Morrow, Body Count

i. earth
in our new 2-4 degree*
warmer nearly-now world
droughts will range further
be more intense 
be more frequent
start sooner  end later
food supplies will be challenged
crops will fail
water will become a reason
we wage war

ii. other
the breeding seasons of 
pesky infectious diseases 
seeking to use us 
as habitat 
will lengthen 
because both bugs 
& bacteria 
breed faster 
in heat

*minimum

08 – Not your friend. (projected climate change impacts in a 4°C world)

not your friend.
(projected climate change impacts in a 4°C world)

global warming is not neat.
global warming’s effects will not 
be shared out equally.
global warming will not be equitably 
distributed around the globe
like a benevolent office Santa 
giving cheap gifts to the staff’s kids.
global warming is not your friend.

global warming does not “get” averages.
a 4 degree warmer world
does not mean everywhere 
just gets 4 degrees hotter.
some places may increase by
6, 8, even 10 degrees Celsius.

yep that’s right in this whizz
-bang new high-octane
(so not your friend)
global warming induced

climate dystopian hot mess
we’re wilfully ushering in
the coolest months of the future
will most likely be warmer
than the warmest months 
of twenty years ago

i’ll say that again but softer
in case you were sleeping
& so those at the back can hear.

the winters of the future
will be warmer
than the summers 
of twenty years ago

Global warming.
Not your friend.