creative writing on environmental justice
Born in Pennsylvania and educated in New York and Wisconsin, Allison Whittenberg is an award winning novelist and playwright. Her poetry has appeared in Columbia Review, Feminist Studies, J Journal, and New Orleans Review. Whittenberg is a six-time Pushcart Prize nominee. They Were Horrible Cooks is her collection of poetry.
Changing leaves colored
Cruel luminous
Red then yellow safety
Was it all a confused dream?
That week when August
Tripped into September
People trapped in a sports stadium
A woman carries
a collie to safety
Changing leaves colored
Cruel luminous
Red then yellow safety
Was it all a confused dream?
That week when August
Tripped into September
People trapped in a sports stadium
A woman carries
a collie to safety
A thirsty child
begs
A man gains
a television
A rescue worker
rubs his aching eyes still hearing the screams
Six dolphins
safe in a hotel swimming pool