Earth: Our Common Ground has its roots in the momentous decision made by North Yorkshire County Councillors in May 2016 to approve a bid by Third Energy to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale, an area in the timeless North Yorkshire Moors . . .Public outcry is a way of life these days; a domino-rally that cascades across the globe. In our millions, we are speaking out in defense of Earth, desperate to defend her against The Man . . .'Earth: Our Common Ground' is a song of short songs (tanka) -- a skein of love, longing and loss, pleasure and pain, despair and wonder -- for all of earth-kind, be they termite beings, jaguar beings, rock beings, tree beings, or human beings . . . (Adapted from the Foreword by Claire Everett)*25% of any profits will be donated to frackfreeryedale.org as we continue to fight fracking here in the UK.
Skylark 13, summer 2019. The premier UK tanka journal. This is the 13th issue of Skylark, an English-language tanka journal for tanka in all its forms. The inaugural issue was published in April 2013. Skylark also publishes occasional anthologies and quality collections of tanka.