June Updates from Author Shaine Greenwood
Author updates for the month of June, including
Faces & Other Poems Audiobook Release Date
Readings of the Faces & Other Poems collection will release on Bandcamp on March 3rd. These are readings of 25 poems written by me over the span of 20 years, concerning relationships, hardships, existentialisms, and absurdisms.
Sins of the Father
Steven Abbott tries to understand his estranged father while maintaining his relationship with his mother.
Of
Why is it that we’re scared To do something stupid For fear of retribution But we always wish We’d done all of Those stupid Things we Were so Afraid Of
When
When the world’s oceans evaporate When the night’s last star goes dark When our matter is in a messy state When the shape of death grows stark When there’s nothing left on our plate When humanity has erased its mark Is when we’ve finally exhausted our hate
Antarctica
Antarctica’s ice dwindles. This is not an environmental disaster, This is the earth breathing in, And when it breathes out, It’ll blow us all out of existence. This is the Anthropocene. The earth will survive. We will not.
Devour
You’ve intercepted me Analyzed my trajectory Sized up my nutrients Absorbed me to nucleus Like a black hole devours A black hole Eat the souls of sunflowers And leave coal Leave coal Leave coal