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I wrote the following poem after attending a conference on climate change at
the University of Utah early this month.
Caribou, 2006
Each spring, big with calf,
she’d scrape the snow
aside with her dark hooves
to feed on rich red lichen.
Now—she splashes in winter rain.
There’s only water to eat.
Inside her, the calf moves.
Picking her way
across wet, soggy earth,
she scans the horizon
for snow, ice, anything firm.
Once, cold held up her whole world.
Jean Cheney
March 22, 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
