POETRY

Solastalgia

About a neologism that weaves pain, place, and solace

Ernst Haeckel / Public domain

whorls of time, sand, muscle, water —
a girl aches for Flamenco white sands.
from grain to polished planet,
when life stuff collapses into pearls;
bóvedas bivalvas horneando arena*…

anemones died off
ten years before her birth.

*bivalve vaults baking sand.

Further reading

There's a word for the feeling of loss due to climate change