Emilia James Poet Free verse

Litter Critters

Litter critters everywhere
kill our planet dont you care?
cars, plastic, paper and mush
tyres, metal and fancy stuff,
microplastics in our seas
water life cannot flee
drowns, drowns, drowns

Litter critters everywhere
kill our planet dont you care?
tortured deaths by human glut
cruelly their pain, endured
plastic ring ties a birds beak
poor little guy cannot eat
starve, starve, starve

Litter critters everywhere
kill our planet why dont we care?
narcissism, laziness an ego mind
to all living things we are unkind
predator of our selfishness
suffocating the world till we
die, die, die

Nature has a way of forgiving
rebirth starts to grow
not this time will man be living
animal kingdom will rule the earth
clean air no plastics found
litter critters no longer around
breathe, breathe, breath



                         19th August 2020

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Lindsay Laurie September 10, 2020 at 8:27 PM Hello Emilia ... we are living in a precarious time with the Entitled generation along side the throw away society. There's not enough rubbish dumps to contain human wastage any more. Nature will fix it no doubt to our detriment - thanks Emilia - Lindsay Emilia James September 11, 2020 at 2:18 PM Hi Lindsay, I help with clean ups with groups of other people and the amount of rubbish that is collected is scary : ( Thank you for reading. Emilia.

Panagiota Romios September 1, 2020 at 2:02 PM Such strong feelings, so well captured in verse. You are REALLY Good.. Emilia! Pangie xxx Emilia James September 1, 2020 at 2:20 PM Thank you Pangie, it saddens me so much when I see all that ugly plastic and the poor animals and sealife that suffer : ( Thank you for taking the time to read and comment on my poem Emilia xx

James Inman August 29, 2020 at 7:36 AM The final line in each stanza with the use of repetition and without the rhyme you use in the rest of the stanza reinforces the intensity of the truth of which you wish to relay to your reader. Emilia James September 1, 2020 at 2:58 AM Thank you James for your comment and for reading my poem. This is a subject I do feel stongly about. Emilia.

Chantelle Smith August 26, 2020 at 7:01 AM Very sad but so true Emilia, very truly and wonderfully put. Well done. Emilia James August 27, 2020 at 2:36 PM Thank you Chantelle : ) Kindest Regards Emilia x

Priya Singh August 25, 2020 at 8:57 AM Very beautiful work, so truly written. Emilia James August 25, 2020 at 1:40 PM Thank you Priya for your kind words. This is something I feel strongly about. Kindest Regards Emilia.