you see, it is that time again:
the linden tree started blooming
and if i could, i’d send you pictures,
i would record for you the bees at work,
proof positive of riches freely given.
i might even try to write you a poem.
but i am quite certain that
nothing would do to translate
the indescribable: this scent.
so i must rely on your imagination:
that one can live on such blessings.
that beauty is still possible, even now.
that somewhere in the world
a better world is already born,
not yet recorded, not yet photographed,
and still, already producing honey.
—
Susanne Moser is trained as an Earth scientist and human geographer. She works as an independent scholar, consultant, trainer and coast on climate change adaptation, climate change communication, science-policy interactions, and psycho-social resilience in the face of the traumatic and transformative challenges associated with climate change. Some of her poetry, while still mostly a private pastime, has been published in the anthology, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (2023), and in several newsletters.
