Allison Cobb
@allisoncobb.bsky.social
Writer and poet, environmental and climate justice advocate. https://www.allisoncobb.net/
Poem for today
Wish
A thousand things times
naught. I want
that. An empty.
The glint
from a fork
eclipsed
in the wet
of a mouth. The ash
flake
having once. I ask
the trace
of a sea
gone extinct. Subtract.
The path
of a fin
from that past. A breath
next to last.
Nothing.
Less.
Wish
A thousand things times
naught. I want
that. An empty.
The glint
from a fork
eclipsed
in the wet
of a mouth. The ash
flake
having once. I ask
the trace
of a sea
gone extinct. Subtract.
The path
of a fin
from that past. A breath
next to last.
Nothing.
Less.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Poem for today
Wish
A thousand things times
naught. I want
that. An empty.
The glint
from a fork
eclipsed
in the wet
of a mouth. The ash
flake
having once. I ask
the trace
of a sea
gone extinct. Subtract.
The path
of a fin
from that past. A breath
next to last.
Nothing.
Less.
Wish
A thousand things times
naught. I want
that. An empty.
The glint
from a fork
eclipsed
in the wet
of a mouth. The ash
flake
having once. I ask
the trace
of a sea
gone extinct. Subtract.
The path
of a fin
from that past. A breath
next to last.
Nothing.
Less.
Today's poem
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Grief
[Mother's Day]
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May 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today's poem
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Today's poem about an incident that happened early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Birthed
Birthed
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April 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Today's poem about an incident that happened early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Today's poem is about water. open.substack.com/pub/allisonc...
Then I know
Then I know
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April 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Here's an action you can quickly sign onto, and it matters. Los Alamos National Laboratory has started producing plutonium cores for nuclear weapons for the first time since the Cold War. Their proposal for expanding fails to meet basic legal requirements. actionnetwork.org/letters/publ...
Public Comment for the Draft Los Alamos National Laboratory Site Wide Environmental Impact Statement (Draft LANL SWEIS)
The Draft LANL SWEIS is currently open for public comment until April 10th! Please fill out your information to the right to submit a comment! A template is provided for your convenience. Located in ...
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April 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Here's an action you can quickly sign onto, and it matters. Los Alamos National Laboratory has started producing plutonium cores for nuclear weapons for the first time since the Cold War. Their proposal for expanding fails to meet basic legal requirements. actionnetwork.org/letters/publ...
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The Trump administration is deleting resources and denying the reality that toxic air pollution makes some communities sicker than others.
April 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Trump administration is deleting resources and denying the reality that toxic air pollution makes some communities sicker than others.
Poem for today: Red handed
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Red handed
Red handed
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March 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Poem for today: Red handed
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It is a time for poems. For unsettling every word.
February 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It is a time for poems. For unsettling every word.