> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.possibilities.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Rooted - URL: https://www.possibilities.news/the-land-of-olives/ - Published: 2025-04-10T12:00:20.000Z - Updated: 2025-05-30T21:45:30.000Z - Description: In the land of olives, its people need every single one of us. - Author: Yessenia Funes **This edition is open to all thanks to the Classifieds section. Support my work** [**here**](https://www.possibilities.news/data-privacy-security/#/portal/signup) **by subscribing or pay it forward with an ad** [**here**](https://www.yessfun.com/store/p/possibilities-classifieds?ref=possibilities.news)**.** --- **LISTENING:** *"under oppression, walking feels like attempting to run in water"* **FEELING:** *tired and inspired and heartbroken and angry and homesick* **SEEING:** *my own reflection in my hotel mirror* There's lots I want to say, but I can't. Not yet. I return home soon. There's lots of news: [tariffs](https://grist.org/economics/how-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-could-kill-american-innovation/?ref=possibilities.news) and [airstrikes](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-journalist-killed-israeli-strike-medics-say-2025-04-07/?ref=possibilities.news) and [death](https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/middleeast/palestinian-american-teen-killed-israel-intl-hnk/index.html?ref=possibilities.news). I'm still processing. In the meantime, I have a poem for you all. Find it at the end of the newsletter (usually reserved only for paid subscribers but not today). I'll have so much more to share in the weeks to come. What I can say is that the connection between climate justice and Palestine has never been clearer. Those of us in the U.S. must carry our responsibility to confront risk and fear and do more. We can't keep failing Gaza and the West Bank and all the occupied territories. 🌀 --- 🗞️ ****C L A S S I F I E D S** The [Planet Poster Awards](https://icaruscomplexmagazine.com/awards/?ref=possibilities.news) are back! Submit a poster design for a chance to win €1000 and for your poster to be published in the next issue of Icarus Complex Magazine. ***Get your magazine in front of my readers** [***here**](https://www.yessfun.com/store/p/possibilities-classifieds?ref=possibilities.news)***.** --- #### Subscription FYIs You can always adjust your subscription [here](#/portal/account/plans). The newsletter has several tiers, so if you're able to give more or need to give less, please adjust it as you see fit. I'm also giving paid subscribers a first look into my children's book. I [wrote](https://www.possibilities.news/a-year-of-possibilities/) about this last year, but here is the [landing page](https://www.possibilities.news/childrens-book/) where I'm keeping track of all the editions where you can find what I've shared so far. Send agents my way! ## Rest in Power **While we can't say for certain that climate change led to these specific weather events (we need attribution studies for that), we do know that the Earth's rising temperatures are already creating more frequent and/or stronger disasters like these.** The U.S. has been having some wild weather: tornadoes and floods. Across states like Kentucky and Tennessee, at least [23 people](https://abcnews.go.com/US/significant-severe-weather-flash-flooding-continue-impacting-south/story?id=120519101&ref=possibilities.news) have died. The death toll from the California wildfires went up to 30 after human remains were [discovered](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/los-angeles-wildfires-death-toll?ref=possibilities.news) last week. Wow. : ( ## Currently Reading For The Guardian, Katharine Gammon writes about the [wildlife crossing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/la-wildlife-freeway-crossing?ref=possibilities.news) being built in L.A. I really needed this story. [From Aaron Rabinowitz on antisemitism for Longreads](https://longreads.com/2025/03/27/tattoos-signs-history-antisemitism/?ref=possibilities.news): "My mother’s tattoo is a reminder of what she has survived. My mother’s tattoo is a tiny blue dot. My mother’s tattoo is our planet seen from a great distance. My mother’s tattoo is all that we have." ## Poetry I'm rooted in the land of olives where hearts grow on trees the empire rips them off the branches and burns down the leaves will the ashes fertilize the morning seeds? and be carried by the wind— the wind whose whistles howl through the valleys and villages? the women wear these tatreez patterns around their heads and over their knees the stitches mimic the land the fabrics rustle with the breeze I'm rooted in the land of olives where the trees beat with hope they drip with blood yet I can't outrun the feeling rising in my throat— I'm sorry, I'm sorry I repeat but no apology can save the trees or the seeds I'm rooted in the land of olives where hearts grow on trees I ripped out mine and left it behind I buried my bleeding heart with the rocks and the clay I surrendered it to the sacred soil that feeds \-ylf- ****What are you reading and seeing? Share in a comment.** **Stay tuned next week once I'm home and safe. xx** \- Yessenia