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Berlin Billboard 8 by Robert Montgomery (Issue 10: Uncivilised Poetics)

There’s been poetry at the heart of Dark Mountain from its beginnings. The name itself is taken from a line of Robinson Jeffers.

Many members of the editorial team who have been responsible for the Dark Mountain books are also poets, including Cate Chapman, Michael McClane and Em Strang.

In this section, you can get a taste of the uncivilised poetics for which we have sought to create a home.

The Human Element

CMarie Fuhrman
4th December, 2024
Tracing her encounters with the 'white passion' of strawberry flowers and the dawn song of a thrush, Idaho poet CMarie Furhman reflects on the generosity of other species while asking whether humans have anything to offer in return. From 'Elementals Vol. 5' (Center for Humans & Nature)
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Accord

EcoBody
3rd April, 2024
'how do we translate / the algorithms of the heart?' The poetry collective EcoBody explores the threads of connection with other ways of being that weave through a single word. With art by Victoria Bathurst and music by Alex MacInnis.
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