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I hate festive advertising as much as the next person, but if you do plan on giving gifts this festive season, perhaps you will consider gifting a copy of The Anthropocene Hymnal, the poetry anthology designed to raise awareness of the climate crisis whilst raising funds for WWF. The anthology is available from Amazon (and... Continue Reading →
Welcome to this hotly-anticipated poetry event, at which many of the contributors to The Anthropocene Hymnal will read their poems. I am holding the event as a way to mark the COP-26 climate conference in Glasgow. I dearly wish that I could be there to take part in some poetry-themed protesting! To join us online,... Continue Reading →
Dear Readers, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all who have bought The Anthropocene Hymnal so far. I have added the Amazon royalties from September to my WWF Fundraiser, and I am now more than 25% of the way to my target of raising €1000 through sales of the book! Getting... Continue Reading →
Today, I am excited to announce the programme of readers for 'The Anthropocene Hymnal Live,' which will be taking place via Google Meet at 5pm CET on Sunday, 7th November. You are welcome to download a copy and invite others if you wish: The-Anthropocene-Hymnal-Live-ProgrammeDownload The programme has been updated on 29.10.21 as we are joined... Continue Reading →
I am excited to announce that I will be hosting a live poetry reading event on 7 November 2021, at 5:00pm CET. During this event, contributors to The Anthropocene Hymnal will be reading their poems, and discussing the inspiration behind them. I have timed this event to fall in the middle of the COP 26... Continue Reading →
Today, I was delighted to receive my first royalties from Amazon, and donate these to my WWF Anthropocene Hymnal fundraiser! If you take a look at the page, you can see the progress, which represents my royalties from 24.07.21-31.07.21 (Amazon pay two months in arrears.) I will continue to post monthly fundraising updates for as... Continue Reading →
For this week's earthweal challenge, Sherry has given us the following call to action: In the midst of everything going topsy-turvy, in a dark-hearted world, let’s pick up our pens and direct our faltering hope, our vision – OUR LIGHT – in what may very well be our last gasp at the brink of the... Continue Reading →
Today's reading is a wonderful chant-poem from the poet RedCat, one of a series of chants and incantations which lead into the finale of The Anthropocene Hymnal: 'Mother of Creation' read by RedCat <img class="wp-block-coblocks-author__avatar-img" src="https://experimentsinfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/0cb71-redcat.jpg" alt="RedCatRedCatRedCat's love for music and dance sings clearly in The Poet's Symphony (Raw Earth Ink, 2020). Passion for playing... Continue Reading →
Today's reading comes courtesy of Lisa Fox, whose delightful poem of love for and affinity with nature is a welcome addition to The Anthropocene Hymnal. You can hear her reading below. Lisa Fox reads 'The Sycamores of Sweet Street.' The Featured Image is of a Sweet Street Sycamore, kindly provided by Lisa. <img class="wp-block-coblocks-author__avatar-img" src="https://experimentsinfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/3ba28-lisapicfordverse_edited082721.jpg"... Continue Reading →
Today's reading is the first taken from Part 2 of The Anthropocene Hymnal in which we move 'From Despair' 'Towards Hope.' I was delighted that Sarah had written a poem for Sherry Marr, a major contributor to both the anthology and the earthweal forum. In the book, a poem by Sherry immediately follows Sarah's poem,... Continue Reading →
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