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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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Carol Louise Moon

Date: 4/25/2021 9:34:00 PM

Janis, I like this really cool poem! You nailed it, and with rhyming couplets, no less. Well done!!

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 Thompson
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 Thompson
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 Thompson
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 Thompson
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 Thompson
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 Thompson
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.