National Poetry Day 2024 – guest post by Rosie Hilton
Posted on October 3, 2024
Happy National Poetry Day!
This 3rd October we have an extra reason to celebrate, as we are releasing our own poetry anthology, Green Verse: Poems for our Planet, later this month. This anthology brings together long-beloved poets and new and emerging writers in a pocketful of writings that both celebrate the natural world and call for its protection.
Writing and reading poetry can be a unique way of accessing truths about ourselves and the world; we have all felt the gut punch of reading a line that sums up a feeling you thought was specific to you, or one you hadn’t ever been able to articulate yourself. Our emotions in the face of the natural world – whether they are of joy or grief – are among the most poignant we can have, and even more so in the context of the climate crisis.
I hope that everyone will find a poem in this anthology that crystallises their own thoughts in the face of ecological abundance or loss. And, as a whole, I hope this anthology will do what poetry does best: extend a hand, make you feel less alone, and perhaps even change the way you see the world around you.
Green Verse: An anthology of poems for our planet edited by Rosie Storey Hilton is publishing on the 24th October 2024.
Rosie Storey Hilton is an editor and poet from North Yorkshire. Her 2022 poetry pamphlet, Between Solstices, was a collection of poems about building connections with each other and with the natural world. Since then, her poetry has focused on responses to the climate crisis. She is also involved in climate campaigns based in London, where she lives.
