Articles by Katharine Wroth
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Climate-news poem: Breath-catching edition
They’re not just poems, they’re vaguely educational poems! Check ’em out. After the fence-jump frenzy, this week is sweet relief.Bill passed! And all react to that with gasps of disbelief. Just breathe.Yet as it was each time the bill got closer to the floor,We must remember that it’s in for hurdles, many more. The good […]
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Climate-news poem: OMG They’re Voting! edition
This week’s poem features dubious meter and indubitable passion. Fritter some time away by checking out a few previous climate poems. All eyes are on Waxman-Markey this week.From the orbs of ObamaTo the peepers of the meek. I’m just beside myself!Will it pass, is it lame, should we love it anyway?Did the Ag folks make […]
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Mark Sanford’s “world wind” tour
Tour de Sanf.governor.sc.gov I’m not saying Mark Sanford is happy that Michael Jackson died. But … he is. Still, some brains have room for more than one scandalous news story at a time. And so even as I mourn Jacko’s passing, I find I can’t stop thinking about Mark Sanford’s juicy, tan line-admiring emails. Specifically, […]
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A reading from the book of Jackson
I never cared for Michael Jackson. I’m just going to get that out of the way right now. He entered my fourth-grade consciousness as a zipper-sporting pop star burnt by Pepsi, and it just got weirder from there. The face heard round the world.murilo campos via flickrBut now I find I can’t stop thinking about […]
