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Hope is a Seed in the Red Earth

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Hope is a seed in the red earth, where the sun kisses dust-laden ground ...


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Two Green Men

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The Great Barrier Grieves

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The Great Barrier grieves beneath the waves, in silence, cold and blue ...


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To the Men Who Fear Strong Women

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To the men who fear strong women, I see the way you shrink ...


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Your Plastic Will Outlive Us All

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They said the future would shine like pearl, a place of wonders yet untold ...

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Upon the sea where moonlight wove its silver thread through endless foam ...

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Who will teach me?

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Who will teach me how to sing? How to hear the voices in the streams? ...

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