{"id":2672,"date":"2026-10-22T11:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:05:19","slug":"humanitys-haze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/?p=2672","title":{"rendered":"Humanity&#8217;s Haze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(a haiku chain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trapped in Sumatra<br \/>huddled animals lament<br \/>the loss of their homes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exposed by the flames<br \/>politicians showcase their<br \/>gross incompetence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where is the concern?<br \/>we must protect the forests<br \/>and find our way home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our self-destructive<br \/>lust for ever-increasing<br \/>growth is misguided<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfazed by the Haze<br \/>we enrich ourselves for what?<br \/>to reap the ashes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We dream of riches<br \/>and end up building a world<br \/>unsustainable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ll choke on our wealth<br \/>while climate change destroys us<br \/>and all living things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emagines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-orangutan-run-forest-fire-two-orangutans-trees-jungle-generative-ai-281051067.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/emagines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-orangutan-run-forest-fire-two-orangutans-trees-jungle-generative-ai-281051067.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emagines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-orangutan-run-forest-fire-two-orangutans-trees-jungle-generative-ai-281051067.webp 800w, https:\/\/emagines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-orangutan-run-forest-fire-two-orangutans-trees-jungle-generative-ai-281051067-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emagines.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-orangutan-run-forest-fire-two-orangutans-trees-jungle-generative-ai-281051067-767x511.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(a haiku chain) Trapped in Sumatrahuddled animals lamentthe loss of their homes Exposed by the flamespoliticians showcase theirgross incompetence Where is the concern?we must protect the forestsand find our way home Our self-destructivelust for ever-increasinggrowth is misguided Unfazed by the Hazewe enrich ourselves for what?to reap the ashes? We dream of richesand end up building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems-haiku"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2680,"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions\/2680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emagines.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}