MAINE PUBLIC • April 23, 2026
About two dozen students have gathered in a cafe at Thomas College in Waterville to hear Meghan Sterling read her poems that deal with the climate crisis and the natural world. Sterling is taking requests for poems from a gathered group of college students at a cafe at Thomas College in Waterville. Sterling co-edited the work of 65 writers from around the state for a poetry anthology titled A Dangerous New World: Maine Voices on the Climate Crisis, published in early 2020 with a forward from Gov. Janet Mills. From her home in Gardiner, Sterling says that having a sense of community is one of the things that makes her feel better in the face of climate change. Processing her emotions about the climate crisis by writing poetry is another.