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Top of the World

polar ice cap melts bears cling to floating glaciers... world’s top is shifting north pole relocates tropical forests are glazed... history repeats *Entry for Skat’s “Top of the World” haiku contest. Many scientists believe the North Pole is in the process of shifting and that there is no real danger from alleged “global warming.” It’s a natural cycle that recurs about every 10,000 years.

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Bl Devnath

Date: 12/24/2011 6:17:00 AM

Wonderful Haiku, read now. Enjoyed the where history repeats in Nature. Thanks. Wish you Happy Merry Christmas day and Happy New year. bl

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 11/18/2011 5:52:00 AM

Congratulations on your placement in S.K.A.T.'s "Top Of The World" contest Carolyn. Love, Carol

James Marshall Goff

Date: 11/17/2011 10:13:00 AM

Carolyn, congrats! what I most admire about this piece and your work in general, is your poem accomplishes more than just pretty words sprinkled on a page (not to disparage such!)I feel poetry can change the world one poem at a time....and your efforts prove it....sadly I'm afraid the Polar Bear will become extinct within the next 10-15 yrs. along with a few other "Arctic Dwellers" that won't be able to survive the combination of global warming AND oil-exploration, (which will have No effect on moving away from foreign oil, by the way.....love, jimbo

Edward Mccormick

Date: 11/16/2011 11:03:00 AM

Wicked Cool! Cling on, little bears! Beautifully put..~ECMc

Michael J. Falotico

Date: 11/16/2011 10:13:00 AM

A truly chilly warm write. Congrats my dear Carolyn. With love Michael

Black Eyed Susan

Date: 11/15/2011 9:30:00 AM

i like the polar bear image and how you used the glaciers shifting to transition into the north pole shifting. i do beleive in global warming and instead of telling us it's not happening, they should be telling us how to prepare! your poem is a thought provoking piece. good luck in the contest :)

Gwendolen Song

Date: 11/13/2011 11:20:00 PM

Carolyn, I know how much you advocate for the earth thru your poetry...this is educational and warm too. Always enjoy reading your work. Gwendolen

Joe Maverick

Date: 11/10/2011 6:05:00 PM

An interesting angle you have presented as always Carolyn,,,best wishes on the contest entry..

Jack Horne

Date: 11/10/2011 11:21:00 AM

Thought provoking piece, my friend. I've always wondered who they blamed the Ice age on, LOL

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 11/10/2011 9:35:00 AM

Sometimes feels like I am on top of the world no just kidding. The planet is always shifting and we as humans have no control with mother nature's course-much as we would like to control it we can't.--it will do what it does for the next million years. Good luck in the contest.

Kash Poet

Date: 11/10/2011 3:24:00 AM

Very nice haiku on nature.Thanks for the information below.Best wishes Carolyn.

Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 11/10/2011 2:03:00 AM

This Is exactly the kind of things I take keen interest in! This is a WINNER! Mother earth the Sky's Newborn Nebula Blues, the Poles, All changing, We're Changing! I feel it. I see it in the sky. Tonite's sky in SC was the most alarming sight I have seen in years! I took a tone of pics (but on my phone)Looked like Apocalyptic scenes!

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 11/9/2011 6:11:00 PM

Soup Mail returned!!!!

James Marshall Goff

Date: 11/9/2011 5:39:00 PM

ride the wave, love... your friend, jimbo

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/9/2011 5:15:00 PM

gosh, just how many are these 'many," Carolyn? I guess we can respectfully agree to disagree, but I sure do like these. Good ones for her contest!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/9/2011 2:15:00 PM

Reads like a winner with this very creative idea..Good luck in the contest..It is sad seeing a polar bear hanging on to a little chuck of ice..Thanks for stopping by..My husband takes me out for a meal or two a week and he says that he has cooked and washed the dishes...Sara