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Global Warming

When they cry You let out a lonely sigh When they sing You let your ears ring There tears filled with salt Are not only your fault But that of your generation Who did without hesitation When the shores disappear Beneath the waters a clear And we're all crowded into one place Just imagine the look on their face And when the ice caps melt Imagine the heat they will have felt And when the ozone layer finally breaks We'll be at the highest of stakes When there is no more room We will reach our doom Our final fate Death does not mistake You will die at fault With tears of salt Because you killed without hesitation You and your generation

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 4/29/2009 2:28:00 PM
you are so it! even with your political oppinions. yes we need poetry like this. fight the problems we have; you on one front and me on the other. lets change the world. John H Loving III
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Date: 4/29/2009 12:35:00 PM
So...you think only 1 generation did this? The current generation has the opportunity to go into the hard and soft sciences and correct but more often than not the young ones chose money/finance/business/law/communications over physics/chemistry/biology..poetry won't solve the problems. Light & love
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Date: 4/28/2009 8:01:00 PM
It's so chilling to consider what the future of man might be, Jen. As your excellent poem conveys, surely it will be the fault of man if our impact on the environment destroys life on earth. Truly a captivating write, stated with the intensity the subject deserves. Excellent! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 4/28/2009 7:59:00 PM
Thrilling.
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