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Contamination

So much contamination
needs a close examination.

take a breath of radiation
or a toxic medication
select a name with aspartame
clean your car of acid rain
eat the food with preservatives
and other long letter additives
from the air-borne pathogens
to the many carcinogens
wipe off this and sanitize that
Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
landfills loaded with human waste
trash mountains growing at rapid pace
fish lying dead from climate change
icebergs and coastlines rearranged
and now in our existence
is the practice of social distance

Contamination of all kinds
even pollution of our minds.

3/31/17

'STRAND no 700
Brian Strand, Sponsor

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Ann Peck

Date: 4/24/2021 11:51:00 AM

Exactly, Janis! You told the Earth's story perfectly! I especially love those last two lines.

James Inman

Date: 4/24/2021 7:27:00 AM

Love the flow of this piece, Janis. You are an exceptional Poet (Poetess if you prefer).

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 1/13/2019 5:04:00 AM

Really enjoyed this poem on ecology and conservation Janis. Congratulations on your well-earned win in Mark's contest! Best wishes, Carolyn

Janis Medders Tobechi
Date: 1/13/2019 5:48:00 PM

Thanks Carolyn. Your comments are appreciated. Blessings for the New Year, Janis.

P.S. Awtry

Date: 1/12/2019 8:24:00 PM

Janice, the combination of the cadence, rhyme, and message of this piece—is like a powerful song! Congratulations!

Janis Medders Tobechi
Date: 1/13/2019 5:49:00 PM

Thanks P.S. Always good to hear from you. Blessings, Janis.

Janice Canerdy

Date: 1/12/2019 5:43:00 PM

Janis, CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win! Janice

Janis Medders Tobechi
Date: 1/13/2019 5:49:00 PM

Thanks Janice, blessings Janis.

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/12/2019 4:04:00 PM

Wow, Janis. You are a powerhouse. Love it. A FAVE for me.

Janis Medders Tobechi
Date: 1/13/2019 5:51:00 PM

Thanks loads for the FAVE. Coming from you I know it was honesty earned. Blessings for the New Year, Janis.

Mark Toney

Date: 1/12/2019 3:48:00 PM

Janis, such an important message, and your use of couplets gives it an urgent pace. Congrats on your win on mile 10 of my 2019 Poetry Marathon contest! By continuing to place in the contest you are accumulating points toward the final. ~Mark

Janis Medders Tobechi
Date: 1/13/2019 5:52:00 PM

Love the challenge of the contest. It really has be digging deep and up against tough competition. Thanks so much for your placement. Blessings, Janis

Mike Grant

Date: 4/28/2018 6:46:00 PM

nice!

Janis Medders Tobechi
Date: 1/13/2019 5:52:00 PM

Thanks

Susan Gentry

Date: 4/18/2018 1:53:00 AM

Congratulations on your win with this well thought-out testimony of contamination. Well written. Informative and covers many aspects. A winner for sure.

Sandra Haight

Date: 4/17/2018 7:08:00 PM

You paint the horrors so well with your well-chosen words, Sian. Congratulations on your placement! Hugs, Sandra

Line Gauthier

Date: 4/16/2018 2:32:00 PM

Wonderful poem, Sian. Congrats on your well deserved win.

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 4/16/2018 8:37:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in my contest. A very convincing punch in the last stanza. Many wishes, Kai

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 4/4/2018 6:59:00 PM

This powerful poem packs a truthful punch, Sian. Love the last couplet ... very prescient. Love and peace.

Laura Leiser

Date: 3/31/2018 5:50:00 PM

Well written poem with an important message that we all need to heed and be aware of. This is really good and I hope it does well in the contest!

Warren Doll

Date: 3/31/2018 3:42:00 PM

Great poem. You covered everything and made me think about what we are living through. Your line "even pollution of our minds" caught me off guard. How true. No wonder we want to colonize Mars, but I worry that humans will repeat our same behavior there.