In this interview, Priya Huffman and Sustenance Radio host, Bridget Holtom, explore the work of the eco-poets and their place in walking the line between hope and despair. Eco-poetry is the name given to a genre of poetry that speaks to /and of / our relationship to the natural world. In a period when she was feeling the weight of what difficulties children may face in the years to come, Priya asked her son if he was scared for the future. He replied: “the only ones who are scared are the ones not working to make it better, we don’t have time to be scared”.
But, we are scared, confused, sad, grieving. Social injustice, division and oppression and environmental desecration is felt through our eyes, heart and can be channeled through our pen. Writing poetry can give words to the discomfort of our times, to the grief of loss, the confusion of climate change and more joyfully, to the deep love of wilderness, within and without.
The music threaded throughout is Wild Beautiful Animals 'The Ballad of Ghosts'
For an activity to accompany this audio episode, please visit https://www.sustenanceradio.com/episode-06-remembering-our-place-in-the-family-of-things-with-eco-poet-priya-huffman/
