Sending a warm hello to all our readers. Issue 2 is now complete. In a time of great environmental upheaval, where can we find refuge? Cath Drake’s poem imagines a utopic future where dolphins pass on their wisdom to newly-humbled humans. Laura Fisk was honoured to gain permission to translate Elin ap Hywel’s moving poem about seeking refuge in the ocean. Abeer Ameer considers the lack of refuge for those experiencing the devastating impacts of pollution in Iraq.
See full contents below, and bear in mind that we will be opening for poetry submissions this summer 2023.
Warmly,
The MODRON Team
ISSUE TWO: CONTENTS
INSTALLMENT 1
Poetry
Abeer Ameer, ‘The Ring’
Elin ap Hywel translated by Laura Fisk, ‘Cyn y don nesaf / Before the next wave’
Cath Drake, ‘The Dolphin Standards Institute’
Prose
Richard Gwyn, ‘Mochyn Daear’
A nonfiction reflection on our relationship with creatures and the more-than-human
Poetry
Michael Goodfellow, ‘Motifs’
Pascale Petit, ‘Murmurations at Roughtor’
Ness Owen, ‘Gathering Blooms’
Books on Environmental Crisis
Sophie Buchaillard reviews Tom Bullough’s Sarn Helen
INSTALLMENT 2
Poetry
PA Bitez, ‘Inconvenient Beauty’
Claire Crowther, ‘Gabbery’
Pat Edwards, ‘When It Rains’
Suzanne Iuppa, ‘Cuckoo’ / ‘Y Gwcw
Interviews
Over Elsewhere: A Conversation on Ecological Urgency between Sampurna Chattarji and Mererid Hopwood
Video Interview with Environmentalist Writer Robert Minhinnick
Poetry
Sian Northey, ‘Pan fo’r byd yn mynd yn fach’
Katherine Robinson, ‘Fox’
Lottie Williams, ‘On Solfach Beach’
Community Articles
Bethan James, ‘Welsh Myth and Storytelling about Climate Crisis’
Florrie Crass, ‘Poetry and Folk in the Environment’
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