A wheel caves in without a spoke --
the part essential to the whole.
While rain forests go up in smoke,
man's folly dissipates his soul.
The pollution in our oceans
wipes out the plants and fish.
Our most foul and base emotions
just limn a dark death-wish.
Our differences divide us --
man's inhumanity to man
(like a chancre filled with pus)
excoriates all hope or plan.
The outcome is uncertain,
hard to tell what lies in store.
We may find that it's just curtains,
and unleash nuclear war.
Each day more species vanish
as we pillage and despoil.
It's common sense we banish
in our desperate search for oil.
A Malthusian catastrophe
lies waiting round the bend --
and our much vaunted fecundity
indicates a ghastly end.
Author notes
Thoughts on global warming, pollution, etc.
ecrivain01
A contest entry
- † Iron Poet † 3 by Penz.
450 points, ended June 5, 15 entries
Bronze trophy winner
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400 points, ended July 30, 6 entries
Silver trophy winner
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Bravo, its brilliant!
Bravo, its brilliant! So well said and graphically expressed too. You send out a very powerful and important message here, and so well conveyed too, this would be well received by conservationist groups and in publications addressing global warming. Brilliant piece of poetic artistry, well done, love it, great read! Brilliantly impactual.
Poetic Hugs,
Kaz.
Kazytc xx
Ps: Thanks millions, for your fab and kind review you are very inspiring and encouraging.
Glad you liked it. It is a great honour to enter your wonderful contest thanks for the honour and the privalege.
Poetic Hugs and Thanks Millions,
Kaz.XX
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A stark and terrifying write, filled with truths we don't want to acknowledge. Great use of language and and nice flow. Congratulations on the Bronze.
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Deep write, I need a dictionary!
Anyway, it's a good write, you can almost smell the ghastly end and it's scary. A good way to persuade everyone to do something about this global problem.
This is one of the many poems I love to hate, because it makes my judging really HARD! A lot of entries are so good and yours is no exemption. Good luck! -
I esp. liked the Malthusian reference...well written, with flawless rhyme.
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As good as ever, nice job. I always love your vocabulary - it's definitely one of the most diverse on this site.
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