adrienne maree brown

“emergent strategy is an excellent gateway to her work, but if poetry is your jam there are several timely, powerful ones on her blog that give you a sense of her who and what and how and why and this work. case in point: choosing earth (adrienne maree brown, april 8, 2026) if anything horrific horrific happens i’m here i used to say if you need me call me and i meant if the darkness makes you feel lost i’ll be your gallows humor i’ll find you by your laughter i used to say if something bad happens let me know and i meant i will close any distance to catch you before you fall i only need a white flag then if anything unprecedented happens text me i love you but my ringer’s off so many phone calls have ruined my life and i am trying to build one of the arks to carry us through this one horrific isn’t enough we have witnessed humanity dragged by the hair to hell we have seen the charred earth as each day brings unholy tantrums from men who hate the word no today the president of the united states threatened the annihilation of a people the dictator of reality tv is jealous of the moon in an age of celestial mechanics he fetishizes a nuclear option today we know the names of every coward who claims power but cannot seem to shift a tide to save a life i’d rather worship a rock in the vastness i’d rather cry with astronauts so if anything horrific horrific happens i’m here screaming NO with you grieving home with you raging ourselves free with all the people of earth at odds with our governments and if i can’t hold you close or again i will name the brightness for you i will be steadfast – an earthling choosing earth choosing earth”