Pollution billows in the air
corporations don't seem to care,
but really they are most aware
I do despair, I do despair.
Factories spew forth with gentle ease
throughout the world create disease,
lungs when breathing start to squeeze
this world they seize, this world they seize.
Creating warmer polar caps
the Ozone layer with huge gaps,
caught in a global warming trap
we need a map, we need a map.
Accountable to become green
and help the air become more clean,
we don't need any more machines
for this I'm keen, for this I'm keen.
Are we prepared to give away
some comforts that now help our days?
it's really a small price to pay
to see sun's rays, to see sun's rays.
But all of us need to achieve
new goals that everyone believes,
let's get together and conceive
till then I'll grieve, till then I'll grieve.
Author notes
MONOTETRA FORM
In a list
A contest entry
- Alien on My Own Planet - Picture Prompt by shepherd23.
450 points, ended April 27, 2008, 8 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Your words have such impact. The image and the way you repeat the last line of each verse underscore this as well. So nicely done, I'm looking forward to going back to read more from you.
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you always write with such amazing strnegth and power in your words the metaphors are grasping. well done gran
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Phrases I like:"Factories spew forth with gentle ease
throughout the world create disease,
lungs when breathing start to squeeze"
"But all of us need to achieve
new goals that everyone believes,
let's get together and conceive"
Poem has good flow - lots of emotion - thanks for your entry - best wishes
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