Best Extinctions Poems

Extinctions Distinctions


Will it end with one distinction -
We – as authors of our own extinction.
Sucking, vampire–like, the life essence
necessary for our ongoing presence.

Will it end with roar - or whimper
warring beasts or broken souls
flaming wrath of mindless death
huddled fear of bridge-less trolls.

Will the end come...

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Extinctions (A Quatern, 1 May 2014)

The waves receded from the shore.
A creature strived to breathe the gas.
It lived beneath the waves no more;
First of it's kind to walk the grass.

Came reptiles and amphibians.
The waves receded from the shore.
A meteor's oblivion
Ended the reign of dinosaur.

Those that...

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another day of
fickled winter weather
local extinctions...

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