In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.">

In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.">

POEM

FindCenter AddIcon
Quote Author Image

Parliament

Quote Author Image

The poet laureate’s poem on pollution and climate change accompanied the launch of the Guardian’s "Keep It in the Ground" campaign.

In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.

FindCenter Video Image

Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000

Clifton’s poems owe a great deal to oral tradition. Her work is wonderfully musical and benefits greatly from being read aloud: “It is hard to remain human on a day/ when birds perch weeping/ in the trees and the squirrel eyes/ do not look away but the dog ones do/ in pity.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
56:01

Humanity’s Default with Riane Eisler

Riane Eisler's new book, "Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future", provides evidence that caring behavior is actually humanity’s default tendency.

FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Climate Change