Flamingos
Flooding Bombay
120,000 drawn to
blue-green algae born of
waste
*
Grand-Bassam
Bed
Suspended
chased up by corroding coasts
*
Antartica snow
Glowing green
with algae bloom
*
The sun hung there for 3 days
And the rivers rose there for 6.
SALIMAH VALIANI is a poet, activist, and researcher. She has published four collections of poetry. Her latest book is Dear South Africa, a poem-story published in the Praxis Magazine Online 2019-2020 Poetry Chapbook Series.