Emily Hockaday

The first day of cherry season,
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The first day of cherry season,

Issue 141: September 2023

The first day of cherry season,

By Editor| 2023-09-04T10:56:27-07:00 September 13th, 2023|Categories: Issue 141: September 2023|Tags: global warming, climate justice, wild fires, Emily Hockaday, climate change and health, ecopoetry, Poetry, climate crisis|

By Emily Hockaday the sky becomes apocalyptic. The air is wool in my throat. I wear a mask to pick my daughter up from school. The fruit vendors sit next to their colorful carts like the world isn’t ending, and I suppose it isn’t for now or it is just very slowly. And what did [...]

Body Before Extinction
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Body Before Extinction

Issue 136: 23 June 2022

Body Before Extinction

By Editor| 2022-06-15T13:21:18-07:00 June 23rd, 2022|Categories: Issue 136: 23 June 2022|Tags: Poetry, environmental degradation, climate crisis, climate justice, species extinction, Emily Hockaday, litter|

By Emily Hockaday I sing to the water and lower my only child into the foam, wiggling toes first. I think about all the species the ocean held that I don't know the names of that have gone extinct this past year and focus on the sound of the waves and all the metaphors that [...]