Brian Sambourne Poet Free verse

Loss

Polar bear
Sapped
Dreary 
Thin

Visible world falling apart
Real time tragedy

Climate change shackles to fasten him to numbing hunger
Ragged white fir coat growling through its misery
A broken grimness in gutted nature
No ice drift of salvation

Till the last polar bear dies in a smoke chain of complacency
National Geographic special

This too passes into history
Toxic forgetfulness
           like a channel flicked
And every screen's back to normal.

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Susan Ashley December 29, 2022 at 5:17 PM Dear Brian, your illuminating pen captures the "real time tragedy" of the polar bears demise with haunting imagery, they are quickly slipping away and complacency is to blame. Your last few lines a fitting, sarcastic cut for an affecting finale. No other species on earth has a negative ripple effect as vast upon the world as humans do.. such a shame we can't do better for one and all. Your talent shines with empathy, my inspiring friend. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan (soup mail) Brian Sambourne December 29, 2022 at 7:13 PM Thanks very much, Susan. Your kind, insightful words are a tonic - a wonderful spur to push my pen. The loss of Canada's James Bay polar bears is a true tragedy. Heart breaking with no solution to be found. Be well dear lady. Sincerely, Brian

L. J. Carber August 23, 2020 at 10:34 AM Good use of irony--congrats, Brian Brian Sambourne August 23, 2020 at 8:11 PM Thank you LJ. There is that paradox of a widespread National Geographic special with high audience interest quickly slipping to nothingness - our collective forgetting. Best wishes, Brian

Anne-Lise Andresen August 22, 2020 at 11:18 AM - Climate change a current topic ... I hope the polar bears are doing well - Congratulations on your lovely win poem, Brian :) - // Anne-Lise :) Brian Sambourne August 22, 2020 at 3:15 PM Hello Anne Lise Thank you for your message. How I wish the polar bears were doing well. Polar ice that sustains the species in hunting seals is fast melting away; hence the bears emaciated condition. Best wishes Brian