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Issue 16 is now live!
Cover image: Lee Zhi Heng (Singapore)
Issue 16 is all about #listening and #slowness, and features our first sound work by Li-Chuan Chong.
Read: thetigermothreview.com/
#thetigermothreview #ecopoetry #ecoliterature #ecojournal #litmag #environmental
Between โA hundred armed embraceโ and โher chitin affectionsโ, this poem by ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ will bring a smile your face.
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Read ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
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#thetigermothreview #tmrissue16 #ecojournal #Mothering
โThe river remembers/Every hand that bent toward itโ, yet it continues flowing despite being despoiled.
๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐ . ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ถ๐น poem's is a keen observation of the noble persistence of nature.
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Read ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ's ecofiction shows the courage and intuition it takes to understand and preserve one's natural environment for the future.
Read ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ โ
#tmrissue16 #ecojournal #ecofiction #Cyclone
ALT Engraving of Bombay Harbour published in 1882. By The British Library - This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library.View image on Flickr View all images from bookView catalogue entry for book., No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54813997
โHidden in plain sight,/we hang our flags from schools...[The land] asks why are you so greedy, nส hollo?"
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๐ช๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ questions if declarations are enough to restore environmental justice.
Read ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ #1: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ดโs photos of ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐โ๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฟ๐๐๐ง is the culmination of deep kin-making, showcasing a deep sensitivity and respect for his subjects.
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See all of ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐โ๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฟ๐๐๐ง here: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
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#SambarDeer
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐ป ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒโs prose poem has imagery as abundant as the kokanee salmon of Flathead Lake were, whose โshimmering scalesโฆheld their own luminosity.โ
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Can anything truly disappear when it lives in us?
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Read ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ง: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ describes his poem as โa meditation on ecological grief without surrender...a transformation from architecture to geologyโ
Read ๐ผ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
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#tmrissue16 #ecojournal #ecopoetry #Memory
๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ ๐๐ป ๐๐ฒ acknowledges that while โall things yield to timeโ, the mogotes carry โa quiet resolveโ/[as they] mend [their] fractures and breathesโ.
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Read ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
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#LimestoneHills
โโLet the government kill them all!โ, sheโd argued/after yet another attack...โthey are just hungry,โ heโd say,/ โlike meโ sheโd think.โ
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๐ง๐๐ป-๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ต spotlights the struggles of human-wildlife conflict.
Read ๐๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
Scientific necessity, or exploitation? ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐.๐. addresses this specimen in ๐ผ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง, ๐๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ (๐๐๐๐): thetigermothreview.com/blog/ asian-brown-flycatcher-shot-in-malakka-1862
#Colonialism #Taxidermy #Ecopoetry
โfaith is knowing/your wings will remember their shape/and your wings remember/to flyโ Read ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ฝ๐ช๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
โGlass and concrete rise/where roots once negotiated with earth...like it was the only thing/allowed to grow.โ
Read ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ by ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐: thetigermothreview.com/blog/ they-call-it-development
#Deforestation #SaveMaju
โI go into the woods...where, for one brief instant, my heart can slow its rhythm to align with the earthโs."
When you choose to spend time in nature like @lacouvee, your body and spirit will reward you.
Read ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง*: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
What is devotion? From @PriyaChabria's tableau, they are songs for The Preserver, preserved across 400 years and heard in the present.
๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ค๐ค๐
๐๐ค๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ 18.514 ๐, 73.832 ๐: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
"Listening is an act of attention and not passive reception.โ
๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ by sonic artist Li-Chuan Chong explores kinmaking in an urban environment: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
"My father says we only inherit debt./I say we inherit/the pollen carried by bees...the chorus of cicadas rattling the air/as if grief could be sung into joy."
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Read ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ๐ข: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
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#tmrissue15 #ecojournal #ecopoetry #optimism
โDoes the eagle worry that someday/its nest would be destroyed?/Or does it focus on the salmonโs fin,/oscillating through the stream?โ
Read ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐พ๐๐ง๐ ๐ผ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐จ by @JordanProchnow: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
#ecopoetry
Of the myriad flora in the world, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฎ muses that she would be a moss.
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"I listen deeply to what it has to share. Unlearning is what I seek...so that I can listen with greater attention."
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Read ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
"How much grass do we need for greening our conscience?" ๐๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ inquires, as environmental awareness is cautioned as only effective if people have enough to eat.
Read ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐: thetigermothreview.com/blog/โฆ
#ecojournal #grass #ecopoetry
