“Johnny Marsanne, performance poet focused largely on ‘found poetry’ from various media. The poem below is from his most recent outing, at the ‘Alternative Currents’ poetry slam night at Grover’s Pub, Allentown, New Jersey.”
How quickly Greenland is disappearing
water expands as it warms
thermal expansion
melting
the planet warms
large chunks of glacial ice calve into the sea
vast plains of southwestern ice
the meltwater flowing to the ocean
a threshold has been reached
a point of amazing sensitivity
warming in the future
warming in the last century
losses
considerable losses
we have passed, or soon will pass
(Found poem carved from the New York Times, 22 January 2018)
Bright Terrible Spirit 