Tom Cunningham Poet Villanelle

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Mother Earth Is Dying

Pollution is found in our rivers and seas
Of raw chemical waste and plastic
Toxic pesticides are killing the bees.

Mother Earth is down on her knees
This man made situation is drastic
Pollution is found in our rivers and seas.

In forests they're cutting down the trees
That is affecting everything climatic
Toxic pesticides are killing the bees.

Clouds of toxic dust travels on the breeze
That causes many to become asthmatic
Pollution is found in our rivers and seas.

More pandemics are coming with disease
The experts are not being overdramatic
Toxic pesticides are killing the bees.

Mother Earth will either burn or freeze
Seeing our earth dying is quite traumatic.
Pollution is found in our rivers and seas
Toxic pesticides are killing the bees.




Written on 14th April 2021

A MAJOR WORLD PROBLEM Poetry Contest

Sponsored By L. Milton Hankins

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Suzanne Delaney May 30, 2021 at 11:34 AM This form with repeating refains really drives home the dire messages. Congratulation on tackling a difficult form. SuZ Tom Cunningham May 30, 2021 at 11:56 AM Thank you very much Suz, took me a while to get my head around it. Worries me how mankind treats mother earth, bees are in decline and if they become extinct we wont be far behind. Tom

Sam Kauffman May 10, 2021 at 10:16 AM Congratulations on your win Tom. You nailed it! Your words are a cautionary tale to be heeded. Without "mother earth" there is no life here. So well done. Hope you are well. Over Fork Over! Tom Cunningham May 11, 2021 at 7:54 AM Thank you very much Sam, im pleased that you enjoyed it. Hope you're well. Over Fork Over. Tom

Alexis Y. May 9, 2021 at 12:39 PM Hi Tom, I just came back to say congratulations on a well-deserved win. Have a great day, my friend:-)Alexis Tom Cunningham May 9, 2021 at 12:44 PM Thank you Alexis, hope you're well. Tom

Paula Goldsmith May 9, 2021 at 11:10 AM Congratulations on your win. A creative write. You know just what to say. Have a blessed day writing away............... Tom Cunningham May 9, 2021 at 11:12 AM Thank you very much Paula, im pleased that you enjoyed it. Hope you're keeping well. Enjoy your weekend. Tom

L Milton Hankins May 9, 2021 at 8:52 AM Tom, your well-written poem highlighting a major world problem was exceptional, and I am so happy that it placed high in the list of winners. Thanks so much for entering my contest. Good job! Tom Cunningham May 9, 2021 at 9:52 AM Thank you very much for my placement Milton, after reading the others I realised that our earth has many big problems that mankind should be taking note of before its too late. Thanks too for hosting the contest. Tom

Paghunda Zahid April 28, 2021 at 5:04 PM You chose a good topic. I hope it will do well in the contest. You penned it so well... Good luck Tom Cunningham May 9, 2021 at 9:53 AM Thank you very much Paghunda, im pleased that you enjoyed it. Tom

Richard Lamoureux April 25, 2021 at 6:56 AM Well expressed and disturbing. I think the Earth is fighting back. Tom Cunningham April 25, 2021 at 7:02 AM Thank you very much Richard, I believe she is, this pandemic is just the start, frightening for sure. Tom

Andrea Dietrich April 24, 2021 at 4:42 PM you did a fantastic job here, Tom. This one is so difficult for me. I can't think WHAT problem to even write about there are so darn many! Tom Cunningham April 25, 2021 at 6:03 AM Thank you Andrea, there is so much wrong in our world, you could write volumes on the subject. Tom

Sotto Poet April 23, 2021 at 9:41 AM Hi Tom, In this brilliant villanelle, you wrap up the state of our planet: Everything we do seems to damage our environment, the cutting of trees, the use of fossil fuels, plastic waste, driving our vehicles, and so on. Good luck with the competition. I recently completed a villanelle on the same subject ( our world is crying), with my best wishes, good luck in the contest. Tom Cunningham April 23, 2021 at 11:44 AM Thank you very much Lasaad, as the saying goes,great minds think alike, I'll check out yours too. Tom

Tony Hargreaves April 21, 2021 at 10:51 AM Hi Tom. You sum up the state of our planet in this brilliant villanelle. Let's keep sending out the message of mankind's abuse of what was a paradies planet. Best wishes. Tony Tom Cunningham April 21, 2021 at 12:31 PM Thank you very much Tony, the clock is ticking for all mankind and he should take heed of the warnings. Hope you're well Tom

Eve Roper April 20, 2021 at 4:45 PM Great write, Tom. Everything we do seems to hurt our earth, even the cutting of our trees, the dredging for gold, driving our cars.. and so on. Good luck in the contest. Just wrote a Pleiades verse about Mother Earth's dying. Thank you so much for being so supportive. Tom Cunningham April 21, 2021 at 12:55 AM Thank you very much Eve, mankind is starting to realise the damage he's doing, I hope he hasn't realised too late. Tom

Beryl Edmonds April 18, 2021 at 9:31 AM So very true Tom, some so called humans have no respect for our beautiful earth, slowly our world is dying in spite of good people trying to do their best. A brilliant Villanelle... Belle Tom Cunningham April 18, 2021 at 9:39 AM Thank you very much Belle, it beggars belief the way some people thrash our beautiful earth with not a care for anyone else. Tom

Lindsay Laurie April 17, 2021 at 11:39 PM Hello Tom ... earth is becoming very sick and if humanity doesn't learn to find harmony, we ain't seen nothing yet - very well told indeed Tom - Lindsay Tom Cunningham April 18, 2021 at 1:30 AM Thank you very much Lindsay you're right, the warnings are there and man really needs to take notice. Tom

Joanna Daniel April 17, 2021 at 7:00 AM That's a brilliant villanelle on the condition of the world, and I like the rhymes you chose, Tom:) Tom Cunningham April 17, 2021 at 8:01 AM Thank you very much Jo, im pleased that you enjoyed it. Have a lovely weekend. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos April 16, 2021 at 9:55 AM What a great Vilanelle you have written Tom and how true your words are and this pollution is because man has succumbed to excessive greed and governments swallow the money, there remains little or none to employ people to clean up our planet. Blessings my friend, Jennifer. Tom Cunningham April 16, 2021 at 10:48 AM Thank you very much Jennifer, the way mankind is going earth will turn into a wasteland. Tom

Judy Ball April 15, 2021 at 3:35 PM Tom I think you have a grade A number one winner here. This is so true and I wish everyone in the world could see this and maybe wake up and stop polluting the earth. Awesome write. God Bless, JB Tom Cunningham April 15, 2021 at 3:38 PM Thank you very much Judy, im pleased you liked it. Its certainly a major problem that affects everyone on earth. Tom

Janice Canerdy April 15, 2021 at 11:48 AM Tom, this is an excellent, timely villanelle, written in an understandably cautionary tone. Janice Tom Cunningham April 15, 2021 at 12:22 PM Thank you very much Janice, a tricky form to compose, hopefully all the lines are where they should be. Tom

Demetrios Trifiatis April 15, 2021 at 6:06 AM We all should be as sensitive as you my friend, Tom so we can save mother earth. I have been writing poems on mother earth since 1985. I have written more than 200 hundred and many have been posted on Poetrysoup. Unfortunately, people find it difficult to comprehend and more difficult to act. An excellent poem my dearest friend. Tom. God bless you. Tom Cunningham April 15, 2021 at 7:36 AM Thank you very much Demetrios, I suppose there is no profit in saving our forests or having to travel to dispose of waste legally. Mankind will act when its too late. Tom

Andrea Dietrich April 14, 2021 at 2:11 PM so much bad is coming, I think it's why people are just doing fun things on FB, etc. We do not want to have to face the horrible truth of what is coming. well done, Tom Tom Cunningham April 14, 2021 at 3:19 PM Thank you very much Andrea, if mankind would take these things more seriously then there's a chance our earth could heal itself but sadly man will just carry on regardless. God help us. Tom

Jenna Logan April 14, 2021 at 1:52 PM You covered the problem and it’s domino effect perfectly, Tom. Terrific Villanelle. Tom Cunningham April 14, 2021 at 1:59 PM Thank you very much Jenna, greenhouse gasses and razing forests all done for profit and greed. Earth will become a wasteland at this rate, we cant look after our own planet and they want to colonise Mars, Tom

Terry Flood April 14, 2021 at 11:36 AM Deep, meaningful poem, Tom. Says pretty much all that needs saying. Unfortunately the nukes that are keeping the peace because everyone’s petrified of starting what could be a nuclear war are indirectly killing planet earth. Some nations will never play the ‘green’ ball and if they have nukes we can’t make them. C’est la vie. Terry Tom Cunningham April 14, 2021 at 1:36 PM Thank you very much Terry, a tricky form to write, my second villanelle, the worry is nth korea and iran are building nuclear missiles and wouldn't hesitate to use them unlike Russia, Uk and the US who'd only use them if attacked. Man will be the cause of his own destruction. Hope you're well. Tom

Gordon Mcconnell April 14, 2021 at 10:19 AM Fine piece Tom penned so excellently though it brings the earths decline so abundantly clear. Take care always, blessings,Gordon Tom Cunningham April 14, 2021 at 10:21 AM Thank you very much Gordon, its worrying, I often envisage earth in a hundred years time like a giant wasteland. Preventive action is needed now by every country. Hope your week is going well. Tom

Susan Ashley April 14, 2021 at 8:14 AM Tom, a brilliant yet dire poem, expressed with effortless eloquence and elegance.. indeed, "Mother Earth is down on her knees" and dying right before our eyes - and too many still choose to ignore. A sad fate we've handed ourselves and every other life form on this planet.. Best wishes for a win and warmest wishes for you.. ~Susan Tom Cunningham April 14, 2021 at 8:51 AM Thank you very much Susan, its heartbreaking to see marine life dying because they've swallowed plastic that's been dumped, Even in Antarctica traces of plastic have been found in the melting ice. I feel for generations to come, what are we leaving them. Hope you're keeping well. Tom

Gershon Wolf April 13, 2021 at 5:58 PM You're right. The experts are not being overdramatic. Politicians engage in hyperbolae, but I don't think that the experts are prone to it. Preservation and Conservation, Gershon Tom Cunningham April 14, 2021 at 12:53 AM Thank you very much Gershon, experts tell it like it is but politicians dont want to upset their voters so look the other way rather than lose a vote. Tom

J. Summers April 13, 2021 at 5:09 PM Fine poem Tom, it’s quite a legacy we’re leaving. Good luck in the contest. John Tom Cunningham April 14, 2021 at 12:51 AM Thank you very much John, there is still a chance of salvation if mankind starts to act now. Tom

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