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Earth Day Poems | Examples of Earth Day Poetry

Earth Day Poems - Examples of all types of earth day poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for earth day.
Goodbye to the Meadowlark
the lake where they hid a memory their song sublimated a cattail beaten remnants taken by wind a semi roars past someone calls progress someone says ninety percent chance of rain someone says dance barefoot through puddles a murder of crows shadows skies someone looks to the sun the...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, earth day, nature,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member After the Flood
There is a story in the wind Of Mother Nature's son And her retribution For the mad path that he'd begun. Of all her creatures big and small, Just one caused her worry. His intrusion and arrogance Unleashed a fearful fury. Usurping...Read the rest...
Categories: children, earth day, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Your battles are customed made for you
In the maze of life, we each find our way, Custom battles, unique struggles, day by day. No one can walk your path, it's yours to tread, In the vast arena, where dreams are led. Yes, you're meant to...Read the rest...
Categories: earth day, 10th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Bio
Mother Nature - The Great
In the realm of existence, where time unfolds, A tale of wonder, in verses untold. A symphony of life, in hues of vast, A saga of futures, present, and past. From the womb of chaos, creation springs, With every heartbeat,...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, anger, earth day,
Form: Narrative
Ecofeminism
Fiji, the land of blue lagoons, with ancient wisdom still in blooms. It burns with a sacred flame, With our women's game. From the mountains of Nausori Highlands, To the shores of the islands, Fijian women stand tall and strong, ...Read the rest...
Categories: discrimination, earth day, emotions,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member ComPassion's Braver Angels
Impressive values, like love, claim resources that liberally breed ecological natural physically happy health and conservatively feed emotional spiritual mentally glad wealth. Oppressive disvalues like homophobia and racism and sexism and ageism and ableism and monoculturing disregard for threats of global anthro-supremacist ecocide, express what we are against because these are...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, earth day, health,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
A call to Earth
In shopping centres, bright and wide, Where our dreams can fly and glide, We wrap our hearts in things we've bought, Forgetting stars, by city lights caught. Yet, whispers of change might find their way, As people stand up, by...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, dark, earth day,
Form: Rhyme
Just breathe
Take time to linger, at the sweet cherry blossom, at the fresh rosebuds, green leaves sprouting, daffodils in full bloom. Crocuses opening their mouths wide, just like the frogs on the lily pads. Purples, yellows spring forth amongst the...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, blessing, earth day,
Form: Free verse
Alma Mater
Though this will not be poetic I'm opting to answer questions before they're asked And as a courtesy to tradition I will do so in poetic format Chlorella is algae which grows just like a weed Millions of pounds per...Read the rest...
Categories: earth day, beauty, city, desire, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dancing Green Divas
S/he is troubled about how to dance more green in this overwhelming Anthropocene And has grown to love an outside starlit image of Universal Red SageGod resiliently dancing under the shifting stars Safe and warm inside this unconditionally felt embrace...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, earth day, health,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Ocean magic
It's a blessing to live close to the ocean. The ocean is a mysterious and magical place that we as humans know very little about. Let's respect her majestic, wild ways. Ocean magic By Michelle...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, earth, earth day,
Form: Rhyme
Belladonna
With the moonlight shines her beauty Running parallel is her grace Exuberant is her vibrance But with trickery, she is laced As dangerous as she is poisonous Even more so she is ravenous Yet still He hungers for...Read the rest...
Categories: earth day, beautiful, beauty, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Poems about Science 1: Climate
Climate Change Haiku by Michael R. Burch late November: climate skeptics scoff but the geese no longer migrate. The King of Beasts in the Museum of the Extinct by Michael R. Burch The king of beasts, my child, was terrible, and wild. His roaring...Read the rest...
Categories: earth, earth day, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member GrassRoot UpRising
Asked the crowning Trees of their Grass rooting neighbors When you feel like singing while dancing are you more likely to invoke devotion to capitalism's competitions or compassion's cooperation? Responsive chords, amusing reeds and whistling thistles shyly reply When we feel most wealthy voiced and healthy choiced are...Read the rest...
Categories: devotion, earth day, green,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Autumn leaves
falling from the tree's autumn leaves paint the ground a colorful quilt. crunching underfoot the sound of nostalgia memories of fall red, orange, and gold a firework display of nature soon to fade away. raked into a pile...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, beauty, earth day,
Form: Haiku

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