“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
George Santayana (Spanish American philosopher)
With COP 26 in mind, half -heartedly led by Boris de-Kermit Johnson who
is on record as a climate change denier and, it seems, has never really
believed in anything in his life – perhaps we could update that truism. Here is
a suggestion…
Those
who refuse to see the obvious future are condemned to have none.
Oh – and – talking of obvious futures and predictable catastrophes – here is a little post of mine from 2016 as we face certain fowl coming home (or not) to roost – see last week’s post and this one from the archives - Brexit Broke Britain
As this government, with no sense of shame or irony,
goes cap-in-hand to foreign lorry drivers and farm workers and vets, we really
should tie these two things together and remind ourselves that while Brexit is
a national catastrophe for everyone but a handful of the rich, insulated (!) by
their wealth from the obvious outcomes of their selfishness, bigotry and cruelty –
climate catastrophe is something even they cannot outrun in the end…
Do check out Zero One Zero Two (dystopian novella paperback / e-book)*
+
Casey & the Surfmen (environmental story read in poetry audio/paperback/e-book)
AND – something different this week
I was part of the Brum Radio Poetry programme which
aired on Sunday morning. Hosted by the talented Rick Sanders it's 3 poets (including yours truly) doing poetry and some
chat about personal and writing life. It was lots of fun to do Brum Radio Poetry * Includes a reading from Zero One Zero Two
AND – I’ll be performing at the Leamington Poetry
festival @ The Temperance in Leamington Saturday 23rd October 7.30.
More info later.