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For Life: Poetry by Emma Briggs

For Life: Poetry by Emma Briggs

Poems of planetary love, written from my hope and desperation to protect life on Earth.

2020

Stories

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Age of Awareness

Would You Kill This Bird?

How about the entire species?

4 min readAug 17, 2021

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Would You Kill This Bird?

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The Bigger Picture

Get a Real Job!

Why should I?

3 min readAug 3, 2021

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Get a Real Job!

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The Bigger Picture

Bird in the Hand

A story of the future

5 min readSep 24, 2020

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Bird in the Hand

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For Zoë

We also followed you, striding through the night, two of us with failing eyes and fumbling legs,

1 min readSep 13, 2023

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For Zoë

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Intelligence

I’m talking to the data machines and they seem like decent guys.

1 min readJul 31, 2023

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Intelligence

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Kitten Love

A cliché kitten’s velvety paw

1 min readFeb 20, 2023

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Kitten Love

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Losing the Temper War

Why can I never be mad at you without receiving your tenfold ire back? Sometimes you’re wrong. Sometimes my hurt is justified.

1 min readJan 14, 2023

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Losing the Temper War

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Lit Up

Slipping Away

Free Verse

1 min readJul 26, 2022

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Slipping Away

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Lit Up

Weather Cycles in a New Climate

Remember when

1 min readJun 15, 2022

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Weather Cycles in a New Climate

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Lit Up

The final stage

I fear it’s begun, the final stage, heralded by a rain bomb.

1 min readApr 5, 2022

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The final stage

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Emma Briggs

Emma Briggs

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Australian writer, environmental activist, hang-gliding assistant & former sailor, journalist & clown. Poetry collection available now. www.emmabriggs.net

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