30 Hope Poems: NPM 2020
It's #PoetryFriday! And for April 2020 National Poetry Month, I challenged myself to write 30 Hope Poems about endangered and threatened species in the state of Massachusetts where I'm sheltering during the coronavirus pandemic.
When I began this challenge, I had little more than a list of the 30 species I'd decided to highlight. In other words, I hadn't pre-written these poems over previous weeks or months. Some days in April, I drafted several poems at once, other days I struggled with a single poem for hours. At the midway point, I doubted whether I could finish. But I pushed on and finished! In the process learned so much about the thirty species I featured, as well as delicate and threatened ecosystems in Massachusetts, and my poem writing process.
I urge everyone to discover the endangered and threatened species where you live or are sheltering. What can you learn about their behavior, life cycle and habitats? Why are they threatened? What can humans do to help them thrive? What are your hopes for those species? Try puzzling some words together into a poem for your own hope poems for endangered and threatened species.
Thank you to all of the organizations, including Mass Audubon, Essex County Greenbelt, Trustees of Reservations and MassWildlife that protect land and wildlife and provide educational opportunities for us to learn about our natural environments.
Here's the full List of links to my 30 Hope Poems 2020.
30. Peregrine Falcon
29. New England Siltsnail28. American Bittersweet
27. Least Tern26. Northern Spring Amphipod25. Water Shrew
24. Blue-spotted Salamander
23. Ski-tipped Emerald
22. Common Loon
21. Atlantic Sturgeon
20. Eastern Pondmussel
19. Eastern Meadowlark
18. Barrens Tiger Beetle
17. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
16. American Bittern
15. American Bumble Bee
14. Great Laurel
13. Humpback Whale
12. Showy Lady's Slipper
11. Pied-billed Grebe10. Frosted Elfin 9. Britton’s Violet8. Little Brown Bat7. Eastern Box Turtle6. Short-eared Owl5. Foxtail Clubmoss4. Eastern Ratsnake3. Piping Plover2. Eastern Spadefoot1. Yellow Oak
Holly Thompson (www.hatbooks.com) is an author who lives in Japan but grew up in Massachusetts where she is now sheltering during the coronavirus pandemic, getting outside to walk and observe wildlife whenever she can.
When I began this challenge, I had little more than a list of the 30 species I'd decided to highlight. In other words, I hadn't pre-written these poems over previous weeks or months. Some days in April, I drafted several poems at once, other days I struggled with a single poem for hours. At the midway point, I doubted whether I could finish. But I pushed on and finished! In the process learned so much about the thirty species I featured, as well as delicate and threatened ecosystems in Massachusetts, and my poem writing process.
I urge everyone to discover the endangered and threatened species where you live or are sheltering. What can you learn about their behavior, life cycle and habitats? Why are they threatened? What can humans do to help them thrive? What are your hopes for those species? Try puzzling some words together into a poem for your own hope poems for endangered and threatened species.
Thank you to all of the organizations, including Mass Audubon, Essex County Greenbelt, Trustees of Reservations and MassWildlife that protect land and wildlife and provide educational opportunities for us to learn about our natural environments.
Here's the full List of links to my 30 Hope Poems 2020.
30. Peregrine Falcon
29. New England Siltsnail28. American Bittersweet
27. Least Tern26. Northern Spring Amphipod25. Water Shrew
24. Blue-spotted Salamander
23. Ski-tipped Emerald
22. Common Loon
21. Atlantic Sturgeon
20. Eastern Pondmussel
19. Eastern Meadowlark
18. Barrens Tiger Beetle
17. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
16. American Bittern
15. American Bumble Bee
14. Great Laurel
13. Humpback Whale
12. Showy Lady's Slipper
11. Pied-billed Grebe10. Frosted Elfin 9. Britton’s Violet8. Little Brown Bat7. Eastern Box Turtle6. Short-eared Owl5. Foxtail Clubmoss4. Eastern Ratsnake3. Piping Plover2. Eastern Spadefoot1. Yellow Oak
Holly Thompson (www.hatbooks.com) is an author who lives in Japan but grew up in Massachusetts where she is now sheltering during the coronavirus pandemic, getting outside to walk and observe wildlife whenever she can.
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