Issues and campaigns: Animals and Nature
Appreciation of, and the battle to defend, those we share the planet with
Poeting at Laughton Greenwood
After a day of free activities in our beautiful local woods, Janine will perform at 4pm, followed by Geoff Robb playing his album ‘The Music of the Trees’. FIND US: Park Lane, Laughton, BN8 Please car-share EMAIL: [email protected] FACEBOOK: Laughton … Read more
For Fox Sake, Stop Hunting! (from the archives)
A recently-unearthed article by eighteen-year-old Janine, from Jamming! issue 26 (February 1985), back in the days when fox hunting was still legal. *** Fox-hunting is part of a die-hard British tradition. As the art of sabotage becomes more cunning, the … Read more
Triolet: Just a Dusting
Just a dusting’s not enough There’s barely ample white to fight It’s floating free like frozen fluff Just a dusting’s not enough No handful for a snowball – tough! This winter’s snowfall’s far too light Just a dusting not enough … Read more
Triolet: Batten Down the Hatches
Triolet: Rewilding
Cats’ Entertainment
For my fellow cat-owning Jam fans. Territorial war and a screaming stand-off A recent kill and a ripped-up bench seat Kittens wailing, scared dog howling The screech for food and sharp claws sinking Cats’ entertainment, cats’ entertainment A smash of … Read more
Blake’s Tiger Revisited
Tiger, tiger, dying out Shrinking forests no redoubt Tell the world to stop and see Its game, its dismal tyranny In what cruel economy Agriculture cuts the tree? Starving our elusive cat Bulldozing its habitat? In what fell society Rising … Read more
Caged Bird, Song Bird
Maya knows why the caged bird sings Its wings are boxed in but its voice is free You see The perch its stage the cage contains restrains, inspires the cries and trills The wrongs and ills write songs that … Read more