Doris Culverhouse Poet Free verse

Earthday/Gulf of Mexico

Celebrate!!
Oil for all!!
Bring a cup 
Have your fill!!
Black gold for all!!

Pelicans are oil coated,
Ready to fry!
Black moon sand is
Free for all!!

The oil is still
Lingering on
Alaska's shore
Twenty-one years later
Clean up of the
Exxon-Valdez spill, still not clean!!

Dear politicians please help!!!

The oil still flows like black death!

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John Trusty May 10, 2010 at 5:47 PM Well said, done Doris. The second shoe to drop on the Gulf will be if they don't contain/clean this mess before hurricane season, I shudder to think of the additional havoc it will release if they get one in the Gulf. Having potable drinking water for the entire coast comes immediately to mind. JT

James Marshall Goff May 8, 2010 at 6:45 PM the eagle on the dollar bill rules western civilization...this will change, but not in our lifetime...jimbo

Abe Lopez May 7, 2010 at 6:19 PM Thank you for writing on this subject .... it is a very serious issue!!!

Charles Henderson May 7, 2010 at 12:17 AM Yes, and above this, it's another excuse for the other oil companies to go up. Isn't that weird. One messes up and the the rest get rich. Funny world this US of A. Good write. Thank you for recent comments on my poetry Charles

David Byrne May 6, 2010 at 5:18 PM very good!

Sara Kendrick May 6, 2010 at 5:41 AM Great write that you have penned...Have they got the thing in place that is suspose to slow it down...Mom

Donald Waugh May 5, 2010 at 5:15 PM they need to act faster. Thank you for your comment

Linda-Marie Sweetheart May 5, 2010 at 4:27 PM The cry of so many Doris but who is fixing anything right now? feel very bad for the wildlife and the environment too.. a good concise poem my friend.. luv.. Linda-Marie

Jan Harvey May 5, 2010 at 6:42 AM I can relate, and hope that today there will have a more successful response to this unfortunate happening. Also your words are echoed! Jan

Gert W. Knop May 5, 2010 at 6:38 AM Oh, yes, a great disaster!!! Excellent poem, Doris! Help is NEEDED!!! Poor animals, poor fishermen, poor all who depend on the sea!!!...Thank you for your comments...Gert

Danny Nunn May 5, 2010 at 6:30 AM When the greed for oil takes over, they don't care??? good write...thanks on Offender..I agree that they are all crooks....like telling a coyote not to eat sheep...they don't understand that...thanks Danny

Poet Destroyer A May 5, 2010 at 6:15 AM this is a very well written poem Carolyn, i so hear you out, we need help not only on the clean up, but also on the spreading the word, enjoyed,..p..d

Derrick Burton May 5, 2010 at 6:04 AM Lokks like there gonna be alot of volunteering, or a massive clean up the size of a small down. I hope they get it all cleaned up though. Enjoy your day.:)

Carolyn Devonshire May 5, 2010 at 5:40 AM Clever and powerful message, Doris. It may be decades before the Gulf of Mexico is the pristine area it was before the oil spill. We appear to have learned little from the Exxon-Valdez incident. Now we just sit and wait for the oil to approach the shoreline. Excellent poem! Love, Carolyn