Geoffrey Philp

Geoffrey Philp, a recipient of a Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica, is the author of “Archipelagos,” a book of poems about climate change, which has been longlisted for the Laurel Prize. Philp’s graphic novel for children, “My Name is Marcus,” will be published later this year. He is working on a children’s book about climate change, “Marsha, the Mangrove Guardian.”

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Margaritaville

Under Tiki huts, Tables with margaritas, Salt spilled on the floor. I admired Jimmy Buffet,…

Riverboat Resistance

Damien Ricketts, co-captain of the riverboat, Harriot II, probably thought he was as alone as…

A Forest of Hope

The dull roar of the Pacific behind her, Hideko Tamura Snider, has planted ginkgos, whose…

Black Thursday

What offerings can we make for the dead at our table of bounty and empty…

Higher Ground

We’re moving to higher ground, they say, As our island sinks slowly into the sea,…

Morning Prayers

On New Year’s morning, my first extended stay with my daughter since she moved to…

State of Denial

No sooner than 24 hours after Hurricane Ian rumbled through the I-4 corridor where Orlandoans,…

A Search for Ancestors

Down narrow corridors of the Muskowekwan School for Indigenous Children, we enter the nightmare of…