It has taken me a while to stop reeling from the election results. As coping mechanisms, I have been hiking in the woods, tinkering with poetry, and slopping watercolors on thirsty paper.

I know I am not unique in worrying about the implications of four (and hopefully not more) years of an administration that ignores (or worse denies) climate change. Here are some of my works in progress. I realize they don’t hang together with much of a theme ... just coping.

Draft © Tracey Kiff-Judson, 2024

 

 

 

 

And a little butterfly watercolor ...


© Tracey Kiff-Judson

Please visit Karen Edmisten for this week's Poetry Friday Roundup, an apropos poem, and a link to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's podcast with Dolores Huerta!

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  • Coping is a good goal right now! Thanks for sharing--your ostrich poem especially resonates right now because 1) I'd like to hide my head in the sand (even though they don't really do that); and 2) ostriches' lack of flight has a part in an informational book I'm working on! Thanks, Tracey!
  • What a double acrostic!! I'm in awe.
    And that butterfly!
    (Love the ostrich poem too -- so many facts given in such a fun way, but the other two are my wows for this week!)

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