In “Noticing” a short story by Sara Barkat, two travelers and sewists at the end of the world remember extinct birds and fairy tales.

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By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abandoned, Articles, Birds, Cities, Climate, Earth as Metaphor, Ecological Grief, Ecopoetics, Fairy Tales, Gratitude, Hope, Nature Stories, Philosophy, Short Stories, The Shivering Ground, Transcendence
In “Noticing” a short story by Sara Barkat, two travelers and sewists at the end of the world remember extinct birds and fairy tales.
By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Beauty, Being a Poet, Childhood Memories, Climate, Ecological Grief, Ecopoetics, Education, Fairy Tales, Home, Hope, Impact, In Our Lives, Nature Stories, Ocean, Philosophy, Plants, Plastic, Sea, Short Stories, The Shivering Ground, Transcendence, Water, Wisdom
House on a hill. River down below. And the rains speckling the grass, dots of cold, salt-ocean.
By Sonia Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Books, Climate, Ecological Grief, Education, Fairy Tales, Impact, Nature Stories, Plays, Wisdom, Wonder, Woods
Winter Stars is a mythic tragedy that draws from Celtic lore, to tenderly explore climate breakdown through the relationship of two tussling brothers who, yet, love one another deeply: the Holly King and the Oak King.
By Hans Christian Andersen Filed Under: Articles, Fairy Tales, Moon, Nature Stories, Trees, Woods
In this lyrical excerpt from Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “What the Moon Saw,” we meet a cast of characters who each view the forest and the trees from their own personal vantage points.
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