Sam Love
After working as an environmental advocate Sam Love made a living creating film and video images. With so much internet visual clutter he decided to transition to poetry where readers can make the movie in their heads. Sam now lives in New Bern, N.C.In 1970 Sam worked on the national staff of the first Earth Day. He was a founding editor of the successor group's magazine Environmental Action and served as Coordinator of the organization which worked to transform the momentum created by Earth...See more
After working as an environmental advocate Sam Love made a living creating film and video images. With so much internet visual clutter he decided to transition to poetry where readers can make the movie in their heads. Sam now lives in New Bern, N.C.In 1970 Sam worked on the national staff of the first Earth Day. He was a founding editor of the successor group's magazine Environmental Action and served as Coordinator of the organization which worked to transform the momentum created by Earth Day into legislative changes. Over the years he published numerous articles in mass circulation magazines including Washingtonian and Smithsonian. Fly on the Wall Press in Manchester, England published his chapbook Awakening: Musings on Planetary Survival. His poetry collection exploring cracks in our culture, Cogitation, is available from Unsolicited Press and his self-published illustrated children's book My Little Plastic Bag has won numerous awards including a Nautilus Book Award. It is available in Spanish and English. His poems have appeared in Kakalak, Slippery Elm, Voices on the Wind, The Lyricist, Flying South, Sleet, and other publications. Eno published by Duke University published six of his environmental poems and four were featured on Poetry in Plain Sight posters exhibited throughout North Carolina. You can learn more about Sam's work via his website: www.samlove.net or viaTwitter: @samlovepoet See less
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