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A Poem for the #ClimateVisionaries Artists’ Project for Greenpeace<\/span>
What\u2019s the difference between the precious
\nAnd saving the ephemeral<\/span><\/p>\n

Dorothea Lasky, Poet and contributor to our #ClimateVisionaries Artists
Dorothea Lasky, Poet and contributor to our #ClimateVisionaries Artists’ Series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Power Tree<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Be one with the future, is what they said to me<\/span><\/p>\n

So I sat under a tree<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t see past the mountain<\/span><\/p>\n

Which hung to the side of it<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If I could I\u2019d see all the lilacs and prunes<\/span><\/p>\n

Souping under the weight of temperature<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If I could see past the sky<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d know the planets were whispering<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The tree itself was purple and grey<\/span><\/p>\n

And very bright chartreuse in the thick of it<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

An eternal song of tree<\/span><\/p>\n

That gave me a strength, unparalleled<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d been here before it said, in my youth<\/span><\/p>\n

Not even youth I was very young<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Its power was nothing then<\/span><\/p>\n

But lightning and the afternoon, the little lemons<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My power was the same though<\/span><\/p>\n

Except quicker<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the difference between the precious<\/span><\/p>\n

And saving the ephemeral<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another trillion years we will wait again<\/span><\/p>\n

The power tree knew all of this, and waited<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As we begin this critical new year in the fight against climate change, Greenpeace is giving over space on our channels to authors and artists working within the climate crisis. Acclaimed author\u00a0Lauren Groff<\/a>\u00a0prompted artists and thinkers to write essays and art about climate change for us, and so every day this month we\u2019ll have a new piece from that project that addresses, in some form, what it means to create in the midst of this crisis. The forces fueling climate change have the most powerful networks in history pumping out their devastating propaganda at unimaginable scale. It\u2019s going to take everything we have from all of us \u2013 imagination equal to the task \u2013 to create the climate we\u2019ll need to stop the crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n

We need these voices and these visions, but they won\u2019t be enough. We need you, too. We encourage you to check back on the\u00a0Climate Visionaries Artists\u2019 Project<\/a>\u00a0every day to see what\u2019s new, and to join the conversation by sharing your work on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and tagging it #ClimateVisionaries.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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