Conservation Crisis Poem by John Knight
Conservation Crisis
ABLATION the annual ice lost from a shrinking Glacier
BRAIDED STREAM one choked with sediment
CYCLE OF EROSION faster so much pacier
DESERT PAVEMENT once Oasis now infertile and spent.
EARTHQUAKES much more frequent on our tortured Planet
FLOOD TIDES now more viscious due to Climate Change
GEOCHEMICALIC CYCLES becoming more erratic
HUMUS in our soil - below sustainment range.
INFILTRATION CHEMICALS sterilise our earth
JEALOUSY reduces our plots of Fertile Land
KILLING useful predetors lets worse ones come to birth
LIFE ON EARTH is streched and strained - like an elastic band!
MARINE LIFE is affected by endless Acid Rain
NEEP TIDES keep on rising causing local flood
OZONE LAYERS - once depleted - will never come come again
POTABLE FRESH WATER has a sediment of Mud!
QUESTIONS asked - but are there answers? NONE!
RESOURCES more & more exploited every day
SUBSIDENCE caused by mining - fertile acres - gone!
TIDAL SURGE has washed my Grandad's village clean away!
UNCONFINED EXPANSION of the Urban Sprawl
VOLCANIC ASH polluting air and waterways
WORLDWIDE EPIDEMICS threatening us all
X-RAYS showing clearly how our inner core decays!
YELLOW is the colour of of my dry and barren fields
ZONES of wasted wasteland my crop no longer yields!
Thos of us who are Conservation Scientists only give Planet Earth about two hundred more years of sustainability - as one of the few Living Planets left in the Universe. Unless the Whole Human Race accepts their God given responsibility as 'Custodians of Planet Earth'.
John thank you for voicing this important issue - - as caretakers of this earth we have failed miserably, therefore need urgent reminders and wake-up calls such as this - - 10 + + + Fay
A very, very, very important abecedarian! It shows that it is possible to write poetry (in rhyme!) on urgent issues, issues noone of us can escape in the long run. Your inventiveness seems endless, John! Thank you!
very Interesting Done! these all dangerous phenomena threaten the existence of Planet Earth indeed. an Universal Theme! Thanks For Sharing/ 10+++
Your poem induces both fear and guilt as man is solely responsible for this situation you clearly portray in your verses. Forests are rapidly disappearing, rivers once perennial are drying out...pollution, disasters, diseases, scarcity of resources..... 'QUESTIONS asked - but are there answers? NONE! ' I guess we are done for, if we dont act immediately....or like aristotle once said, 'This world is finished....'
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I would like to translate this poem
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4/30/2024 7:29:40 AM # 1.0.0.1119
a very painful truth presemnted in your heart ful sad poem..i feel your worries my dear friend and yes yesterday i was feeling the black side which many prefer not to see...the universe about to collapse...with a sigh i end my words