Evicted

delightful palm oil
               
                   puts orangutan at risk

                                             barren land of shame
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Breidenthal Avatar
May 28, 2018 at 7:46 AM
:( awww a sad and yet, I understand this poem on a high level. Very intriguing verse. Thanks for sharing. -JWE
Pett Avatar
May 28, 2018 at 9:29 AM
Hi JW, thank you so much for your very kind comment, I think the question I’m asking is, is our need more important than the lives of these wonderful animals? Thanks again for your support much appreciated my friend. :))
Cunningham Avatar
May 5, 2018 at 2:11 AM
So sad that mankinds greed is driving some species' to extinction. Powerful haiku Roy. Tom.
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May 5, 2018 at 5:11 AM
Thanks Tom, it is sad these wonderful creatures don’t harm anything yet we seem to have no regard for their safety or future, we as consumers must say enough is enough, thanks again for your support really appreciated. :))
Sands Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 5:52 PM
A strongly written Haiku. Well done Roy :)
Pett Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 6:09 PM
Thanks Heidi I hate to think that the orangutans habitat is destroyed because of our hunger for palm oil, thanks again for your support much appreciated. :))
Pandit Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 2:47 PM
Picture says it all Roy! A true barren land of shame. Kudos for depicting the sad truth.
Pett Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 4:34 PM
Thanks Vijay, our hunger for palm oil has to stop before the rain forests are totally decimated along with the magnificent animals habitat, thanks again for your support and encouragement much appreciated. :))
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