Mountain Top Removal Appalachia extraction combustion waste slurry sludge scattered. (Kastuv Palanchoke and Donald Reith) Scars of the Appalachian Mountain Desecration breaks Appalachian peaks bare — Coal scares poverty. (Gabrielle Samuels, Karol Caraballo, Fatim Kante) The Poem of Fallen Mountains …

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By Bailey Sincox Preface to Fracking: An Epic Poem “But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” –Rachel Carson Marcellus’ story is just that: a story. Building upon the Odyssey, the …

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