The Earth: In Memoriam

Taking his cue from Wallace Stevens who said that poetry is the “supreme fiction,” Al Gore, as you may know, has published a climate change poem in his new book, Our Choice . The first stanza is actually not too bad, but it falls apart quicker than an arctic iceberg after that, alas.

What’s next for the indefatigable Gore? Rap?

Read the poem here .

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