Posts from Friday 3 Oct

Feist and Simon Boxall on CBC this Friday

Leslie Feist and Dr Simon Boxall feature on the Q Show CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) this Friday 3 October, 10 am (note: Toronto is 5 hours behind UK time). Listen to the podcast on the CBC website.

Nature, were she you

Mojisola Adebayo writing about the effects of climate change

I have sailed the farthest seas
from South to North
pole to pole.
I have seen the wild extremes of the world
beauty’s edge.
Would that the snow were as soft as your skin,
the icicles as clear as your eyes.
But that the rocks were as brave as your heart,
the glaciers as sharp as your mind,
your wit,
your smile,
your dress,
your stride.
Would that nature were you.
I would say “don’t ever change”,
I would sing “don’t let a thing rearrange you, stay…”
remain sustain that which makes you what you are,
would that you were nature.
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