The newly released 248-page anthology "Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War" collects 90 works from 61 poets regarding the military's environmental effects on six continents and the moon.
Included in the anthology was Randy "Sherpa" Brown's "the bottlefall at COP Najil," which originally appeared in the on-line literary journal "The Wrath-Bearing Tree." The poem regards methods of plastics solid-waste disposal the poet observed while embedded as civilian media in Afghanistan in May-June 2011.
The anthology, launched in May 2026 from Oakland, California-based Scarlet Tanager Books, was co-edited by Anne Coray, J. C. Todd, and Teresa Mei Chuc.
The publisher writes:
"Framed by a cogent introduction and a pair of forewords, one on the poetry and the other on global consequences, the poems are accompanied by a tally of ecological costs and a set of thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts for teens and adults. This compelling anthology alerts readers to environmental degradation of our planet while affirming nature’s resilience and regeneration.
Other contributors to the project include:
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