Katie Bennett

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the view from the bottom of the hill we’re dying on They say we’re killing the Earth, but it’s us we’ll kill in the end. Earth watched the dinosaurs come and go without breaking a sweat. She took an asteroid to the face and kept her chin up. She was here when we came and she’ll be here when we’re gone. Once our lease runs out and we’re finished warming and bombing ourselves to death, Earth will tie up her hair and get to work. Balsam trees will burst through empty highways while ivy hurries to hide billboards. Gale-force winds will uproot building foundations. Skyscrapers will slump and then ...more
Make Believe: Poems for Hoping Again
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