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Ten compelling poems about climate change – chosen by our experts

The Conversation · · 1924 words · By Amy Wilcockson; Clodagh Philippa Guerin; Ellen Howley; Jack Reid; Janine Bradbury; Julie Meril Gardner; Kate McLoughlin; Katie MacLean; Sally Flint; Steve Waters
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The article presents a curated list of ten poems recommended by literary experts to illustrate the intersection of poetry and climate change. Each entry includes a brief analysis of the poem's themes, ranging from environmental destruction and displacement to hope and resilience.

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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Death of a Field by Paula Meehan (2005)”
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Web search results explicitly list 'Death of a Field by Paula Meehan (2005)' as a poem about climate change.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The old Beverly Hills Main Post Office is a Renaissance Revival building at the Beverly Hills Civic Center in Beverly Hills, California. The building has carried the addresses 469 North Crescent Driv…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hard Rain is a live album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 13, 1976, by Columbia Records. The album was recorded during two concerts in May 1976 during the second leg of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Beverly Hills Courier is a free weekly tabloid-sized print newspaper of circulation in Beverly Hills and the surrounding communities, and a daily web newspaper.
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“Published in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Paula Meehan’s Death of a Field critiqued the environmental impact of the Celtic Tiger economy in Ireland.”
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While multiple sources confirm the poem critiques urbanization and the loss of rural land in Ireland (Celtic Tiger era), the claim states it was published 'in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis', but the poem is dated 2005, which predates the 2008 crash.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gail Ann O'Grady (born January 23, 1963) is an American actress and producer, best known for her roles on television. Her roles include Donna Abandando in the ABC police drama NYPD Blue, and Helen Pry…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Irish poetry is poetry written by poets from Ireland, politically the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland today. It is mainly written in Irish, though some is in English, Scottish Gaelic and othe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_poetry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Symbols of Ireland are marks, images, or objects that represent Ireland. Because Ireland was not partitioned until 1922, many of the symbols of Ireland predate the division into Southern Ireland (late…
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“Darkness by Lord Byron (1816)”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Lord Byron wrote 'Darkness' in July 1816.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for work on Charles Babbage's…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron (née Milbanke; 17 May 1792 – 16 May 1860), nicknamed Annabella and commonly known as Lady Byron, was an educational reformer and ph…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was a British poet. He was one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest Britis…
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“the “year without a summer” in 1816, caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia the previous year.”
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Wikipedia and multiple sources confirm the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora caused the 'Year Without a Summer' in 1816.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April of 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands, volcanism is the result of subduction zones. The 1815 eruption w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tambora is a lost city and culture on Sumbawa Island buried by volcanic ash and pyroclastic flows from the massive 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora. The city had about 10,000 residents. Scientists unear…
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“Sulphur in the atmosphere caused darkness and low temperatures across Europe.”
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Wikipedia entries on the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora and the 'Year Without a Summer' confirm that volcanic aerosols (sulfur) caused global cooling and atmospheric darkness.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1808 mystery eruption is one or potentially multiple unidentified volcanic eruptions that resulted in a significant rise in stratospheric sulfur aerosols, leading to a period of global cooling ana…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April of 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). Summer temperatures in Europe …
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“Mont Blanc by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1817)”
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web search NEUTRAL — Powered by cross-browser testing, responsive visual testing, and smart visual regression testing, Percy helps teams design, develop, and deploy software with confidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Percy is now part of BrowserStack To continue using Percy, please login with your BrowserStack account. Login with BrowserStack
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover Percy’s features like smart diff technology, visual reviews, leading rendering engine, and effortless integrations for efficient visual testing.
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“his wife Mary used the gloomy climatic event to inform her novel Frankenstein (1818)”
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The provided search results discuss Mary, the mother of Jesus, and do not mention Mary Shelley or the novel Frankenstein.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mary[b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [9] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 16, 2026 · Mary (flourished beginning of the Christian era) was the mother of Jesus, venerated in the Christian church since the apostolic age and a favorite subject in Western art, music, and lit…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 13, 2025 · Discover who Mary, the mother of Jesus, really was, from her humble life in Nazareth to her courage at the cross, and how her faith points us to Christ.
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“Characteristics of Life by Camille T. Dungy (2012)”
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Web search results explicitly list 'Characteristics of Life by Camille T. Dungy (2012)' as a poem about climate change.
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web search NEUTRAL — Camille T. Dungy is an American poet and professor.poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including The American Poetry Review, Poetry, Callaloo, The Missouri Review,[3] Crab Orchard …
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web search NEUTRAL — Camille T. Dungy is the author of several books of poetry including, Trophic Cascade (Wesleyan University Press, 2017). Dungy was a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and is a University Distinguished Professor a…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4. Characteristics of Life by Camille T. Dungy (2012). There’s something gloriously elastic about invertebrates: the spinelessness of a worm, the pulsing of the jellyfish, the curling of an octopus.Ca…
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“Characteristics of Life... opens with a snippet from a BBC news report claiming that “a fifth of animals without backbones could be at risk of extinction”.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific content or BBC quote within the poem 'Characteristics of Life'.
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“jellyfish have no brains”
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“Prayer at Seventy by Vicki Feaver (2019) from her 2019 collection I Want! I Want!.”
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“Walrus by Jessica Traynor (2022) from Jessica Traynor’s 2022 collection Pit Lullabies”
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“the Walrus and the Carpenter from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
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“Ocean Forest... co-create the anthology Planet Forest – 12 Poems for 12 Days for the UN Climate Conference in Brazil in 2025.”
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“Di Baladna (Our Land) by Emi Mahmoud (2021)”
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“Mahmoud performed Di Baladna at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2021.”
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“Flowers by Jay Bernard (2019)”
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“Place by W.S. Merwin (1987)”
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