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Writer and poet, environmental and climate justice advocate. https://www.allisoncobb.net/

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Today's poem

The United States, February 15, 2026

Cut tulip. Alive. Flared wide.

15.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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February 1, 2026 February 1, 2026

Today's poem, on winter ICE in Portland
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04.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop ...

sick

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24.01.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop the dark Stop the dark Renee Nicole Macklin Good, murdered January 7, 2026 This man his hand going for gun what dark fanged forthβ€” called to life out of throats enclosed in their blood ties of powerβ€” this dark...

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09.01.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Back to light A poem for the darkest days of winter

Today's poem for dark winter days

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11.12.2025 22:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Poem for today

Wish

A thousand things times
naught. I want
that. An empty.
The glint
from a fork
eclipsed
in the wet
of a mouth. The ash
flake
having once. I ask
the trace
of a sea
gone extinct. Subtract.
The path
of a fin
from that past. A breath
next to last.
Nothing.
Less.

30.10.2025 14:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grief [Mother's Day]

Today's poem
allisoncobb.substack.com/p/grief

31.05.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dear April 28, 2025

Today's poem: Dear

I like how the picture just gets the deer legs!

allisoncobb.substack.com/p/dear

28.04.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Easter Eve April 23, 2025

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23.04.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Birthed Birthed

Today's poem about an incident that happened early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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12.04.2025 01:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Then I know Then I know

Today's poem is about water. open.substack.com/pub/allisonc...

05.04.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Public Comment for the Draft Los Alamos National Laboratory Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement (Draft LANL SWEIS) The Draft LANL SWEIS is currently open for public comment until April 10th! Please fill out your information to the right to submit a comment! A template is provided for your convenience. Located in ...

Here's an action you can quickly sign onto, and it matters. Los Alamos National Laboratory has started producing plutonium cores for nuclear weapons for the first time since the Cold War. Their proposal for expanding fails to meet basic legal requirements. actionnetwork.org/letters/publ...

02.04.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump administration is deleting resources and denying the reality that toxic air pollution makes some communities sicker than others.

01.04.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Red handed Red handed

Poem for today: Red handed
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27.03.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reinstate Black History Month, Pride Month, and other cultural events! Google’s quiet removal of cultural events from their calendars last year is part of a broader trend of tech companies and businesses catering to far-right and extreme groups by rolling back inclusivit...

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06.03.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To Death After the State of the Union

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05.03.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Calling the spirit back Joy Harjo's words

I've been feeling sustained by Joy Harjo's words

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03.03.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Unspeak After Ukraine's President Zelensky meets the attack dog of the U.S.

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01.03.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Protest Poems counter lies

Poems counter lies

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28.02.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is a time for poems. For unsettling every word.

27.02.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0