I. Erase

Poem with bee diagram

Summer-Fall 2020

Habitat loss, disease, and climate change are all major, human-induced problems currently plaguing pollinator populations. This poem highlights our role as erasers of habitat and contributors to climate change and what this means for pollinators and for ourselves in terms of ecosystem balance and food security. The linkage between scientific diagram and poetry was inspired by Monica Ong’s book Silent Anatomies and connects abstract ideas of environmental destruction to more tangible ideas of bodily disappearance.