Sonnet for the Wind & Solar Witches
What kind of magic not only saves lives,
But also puts people to work brewing
Electricity from our very skies?
Transforming our grid, through good marketing
Data-driven growth, authentic support,
And the will to scale emissionless choices
Clean, healthful, caring, impactful, and smart
A spell cast by interconnecting many voices
Sung by covens of renewables
Extending the ends of a clean future
To stop the world from boiling in trouble
Summoning the changes we need sooner.
So… happily ever after? Well, no-
Magically ever, sun shines, winds blow.
— Adam Powers
Here’s a Shakespearen-ish sonnet I wrote for my entire team at work recently, inspired by the magic we make together: helping people access clean wind and solar sources of electricity. Check out if we’re available in your area ⚡supplying 100% clean renewable electricity here, & 🌞providing community solar savings here.
CleanChoice Energy’s mission is to make clean energy available to everyone
By day, I’m in marketing at a clean renewable energy supplier, CleanChoice Energy, coming on eight years now in various roles. I’ve had a habit since working there of writing celebratory odes and farewells for colleagues to honor them in big moments and goodbyes, as thank yous for doing anything towards a safer climate future powered by clean energy. When in-person was a thing, we’d go to goodbye happy hours and stand on the bar to take a moment to read the poem aloud and toast folks off to new ventures. Once upon mid-2020, our founder and CEO made me beet-red in an all-staff zoom meeting when he surprise-presented me with a company honorary "Poet Laureate” certificate. I stay grateful for it all — and wanted to share this one with you, too.