Notes About The Poem
Painting by Kamunya Wanjuki
A Deluge of Tears
Our Earth weeps waves of falling tears-
with hope, each one will be her last
to wipe away climatic fears
from air pollutants that amass.
The floods are triggered by her pain;
her deluge of emotions pour
in torrents of a drenching rain
to wipe the slate and start once more.
She is a living, breathing thing,
this lovely mother, we call Earth.
But atmospheric poisons bring
concerns to heal with clear rebirth.
The air is washed, the oceans rise,
with cleansing tears, her deluge creeps.
Disaster goes against her will;
she, driven by renewal, weeps.
With hope, each one will be her last
to wipe away climatic fears
from air pollutants that amassed;
our Earth weeps waves of falling tears.
August 29, 2016
~10th Place~
Premiere Contest: Falling
Sponsor: Kai Michael Neumann
Judged: 06/01/2020
~NA~
A Deluge of Tears
Sponsor: Richard Lamoreaux
Premiere Contest, "All About The Environment"
Judged: 11/25/2019
~1st Place~
Writing Challenge - December - Any poem NA'd in November 2019
Sponsor, Dear Heart- Wiishkobi Ode
Judged: 12/08/2019
~3rd Place~
Premiere Contest: A Deluge
Sponsor: Julia Ward
Judged: 09/10/2016
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"Air pollution can cause more droughts and floods, a new long-term study has discovered. The research from top scientists studying a decade of atmospheric data has shown how cloud and weather development are affected by aerosols in the atmosphere...the dust, soot, and additional particulates can produce intense rain, snowfall, and severe storms..." www.earthtimes.org
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