Susanne Roesner
Writing about Human-Nature Relationships & From More-Than-Human Perspectives
Image by Filip Zrnzević on UnsplashSusanne's Short Stories
Human and Non-Human Emotions
Of Creatures and Caretakers
An oak tree's perspective, selected as runner up in the 2023 Solarpunk Showcase
Network whisperings are delighting her soul. She reaches out to her kin and exchanges sustenance through the embrace of wide-reaching arms. A new bloom is mutually shared, and layers of soil are teeming with life, infinitely invigorating.
“We are growing,” they whisper, taking her many hands to guide her. She feels the pinpricks of smaller meshwork connecting with her own. There, supported by many loving arms a new born oak sapling pokes its head through the soil, moist with morning dew. Soon four luscious green leaves are drinking in the sunlight, spreading out next to meadow foxtail and springy turf moss.
About Susanne
Susanne Roesner is an emerging writer and academic, currently working on a novel for her Creative Writing PhD at Swansea University. Her research focuses on framing climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in an inclusive and hopeful path forward.
She also teaches writing workshops on Solarpunk imaginaries, and insect and biodiversity loss, as part of her work at the Palmengarten Frankfurt.
Her recent short story Of Creatures and Caretakers, exploring the perspective of an oak tree, was included in the XR Wordsmiths' 2023 Solarpunk Storytelling Showcase.
She has written (blog-) articles in English and German for the Swansea Review, the Richard Burton Archives, and the magazine Der PalmenGarten 2024.