#QTAPIClimateStories

On Saturday Sept. 19th 2020, APIENC’s Ecological Justice League (fka TTAC) brought folks together for a fun and creative Writing and Haiku Party! Participants engaged and connected with each other in order to better articulate their connection with and the impacts of the climate crisis through storytelling, haiku, and poetry. Here are some the creations that came out of the event!

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i remember sitting on the cliffs and watching
the passenger jets fly in from asia.

Mioi

Elements, so strong
Reveal themselves so we know
We are nature too

Heidi

slow late morning sun
we walk apart breathing slow
redwood, burned and tall.

Shelley

Waves crashing on sand
Peaches covered in ocean
I take many steps

Sammie

Sunset in the west
Dark blue embraces orange
Shy and resistant.

Jialing

Does warming ocean
become too hot even for
swimming in summer

Alma

missing you my friend

Car

Red and black Madrone
Leaves sprout green on charred branches
Reaching toward the sun

Lisa

amber light shines through
smoke-filled disbelief pervades
holding on for days

Mika Y

after the fires
and the virus, the people
took a long exhale

Aloe

Unrest ringing as
I polish my gilded cage
Leaves still grow and fall

Amy

Water to the left
trees growing to create shade
not too hot, not cold.

Em

Green elegant leaves
Attach her lips to the stems
Swing in cold yet brave

Jialing

i remember oogling at the longan,
persimmon, pomelo and running
away from mosquitos

Sophie

People lie on sand
like seals on a hot day
the surf laps their skin

Alisha

orange peels on plates

Mel

When we all pitch in
We surely will win
And then the world won’t seem so strange.

Nguyen

Fire Works in the Sky,
Silent Night Lit Up Suddenly,
Rivers, Good Bye for Now.

Asako

sitting on marina bank-
fishing pole in hand

Lynn

fishing lines hanging
geese on foot
loud thoughts calm with wind

Lily

Sleepless Summer nights
Tossing, turning, fists in air
Breast sweat sleeps soundly

Michelle

man made solar eclipse-
dawn is postponed-
surreal darkness that sparks the awareness deep within-
Climate Change is real. I had a part in creating this.

Lynn

storms and flames raging
a quiet breath
pen on paper

Lily

Rice Fields over Mountains,
Found a Frog Jumping on the Street,
I Don’t Wanna Leave here

Asako

Image description: Zoom selfie of 20 smiling QTAPI people.
Image description: Zoom selfie of 20 smiling QTAPI people.


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