Let them wear straw hats and sunglasses. Invest now and cash in on the suntan-lotion boom. We cling to a lifestyle, though we are less free now that the earth is diminished. Publicity flacks disguised as environmentalists temporize and compromise and stall effective action. What poetry does best is associate, connect, integrate.
Poets can project the dream of ecologically grounded culture.
And the only ground is what we stand on. We inhabit a numinous environment. Do not complain about the weeds in the garden. Every blade in the meadow smolders with inspiration. We need an earthy mythos.