unspoken poems for a passed lover

Authors

  • Madeleine Lavin York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40291

Keywords:

Poetry, Posthumanism, Assemblage Theory, New Materialism, Environmental Temporalities

Abstract

This selection of poetry is grounded in personal memory, written for a former lover but never shared with the intended before they died.  These love poems are informed by a posthuman perspective that looks at relationships between human beings and the more-than-human world drawing on assemblage theory, environmental temporalities, and a metaphorical new materialism.

Author Biography

Madeleine Lavin, York University

Madeleine Lavin is a Toronto-based freelance writer and editor. She received her Master of Environmental Studies from York University in 2019. Her major paper, B is for Bug, O is for Oikos, pairs scientific study and phenomenological exploration in looking at human-arthropod relations in the context of modern, North American homes. Madeleine is a passionate researcher whose interests span many topics including, but not limited to, multispecies studies, education, entomology, natural history, environmental humanities, ethics, and philosophy.

Our Home on Native Land by Kelly King. Three women, a dog, and a cat sit on steps outside of an old house. They are coloured in sepia. Vines of s’gepn—the wild potato plant—climb the sides of the house, coloured in green with the flowers in pink. The grass in front of them women has also been coloured in green.

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Published

2022-10-18

How to Cite

Lavin, M. (2022). unspoken poems for a passed lover. UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, 21, ii-iii. https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40291

Issue

Vol. 21 (2022): Memories and Futurities

Section

Creative

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