Dioxide Poems | Examples

climate change

    what comes tomorrow
    leaves some elements of doubt
    earths rain wind and fire
    seems to dominate the skies
    save for our eternal light

    arctics melting ice
    overflowing tropic isles
    oceans reclaim land
    earthquakes raise tectonic plates
    tsunamis obliterate

    carbon dioxide
    polluting earths atmosphere
    fossil fuels banned
    net zero global warming
    when will mankind understand

    8 / 15 / 2025

Holy Diver

Disoriented and departed from passing terra forma,
I sink further into the Sea of Tranquility.
As corroded chains of my existence dissipate,
What once tethered my soul to Gaia's gifts
Drifts aimlessly in the abyss of space,
Freezing as they pass me by.
Shards of ice sparkle like crystals upon their surface—
The only illumination against a bitter, lonely backdrop.

Without warning, I hear the beeping of my oxygen tank blaring.
Looking down, it says less than five percent.
Within mere minutes, deprivation will set in.
Before I black out completely,
The hope of rescue is no longer imminent.
It's now time to make peace with all that I regretted.
I peer out into infinity,
Praying I won't just burn out like a long-forgotten star.

It's getting harder to breathe now.
I can feel carbon dioxide flood my lungs.
Fear courses like waves crashing against the shore.
As the needle touches zero, taking in my few last breaths,
I separate soul from corporeal form
And float amongst endless galaxies.

photosynthesis

wind dancers gather  
sunlight, carbon dioxide,
photosynthesize

ignited

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                          passion 
 sulfur dioxide 
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fierce 
         fiery 
                fervor

December, daughter of winter, descends with a silence that invades my soul

December, daughter of winter, descends with a silence that invades my soul,
Hatred crept slowly and surely into the marrow of my bones, poisoning them,
My breaths release blue beads of carbon dioxide,
Every yellow thought tears at the flesh, a needle lodged in the bleeding heart,
I wished to wear gentleness with grace, but the world covered me
With a thick layer of indifference, a veil of illusory indolence,
My petals of kindness hidden beneath ugly blue sepals,
No one looks beyond them, keeping my solitude intact,
The blue sepals stir waves of sadness in my lonely chest,
Half-smiles and pale feet, signs of deep melancholy,
Months pass and my skin is pierced by thorns, the flesh bleeds,
Dirty blue flows, my spiny armor embraced with pain,
In the world of cold, solitude becomes a silent and safe haven,
The poisoned blue flows through my veins, embracing suffering as a friend,
Guardian of the wounded heart, yet alive and beating beneath the layer of defense,
Accepting this secret burden, I find strength in melancholy.

A Conifer

A Conifer

A
Blue Spruce
Born from a cone
Green leaves shaped like needles
Inhale deep draughts carbon dioxide
Provide places for wrens and chickadees to hide
Sticky sap exuded from the bark leaves a fragrant scent
Cones fall to the ground, the seeds of the next generation
Brown branches support long strands of twinkling Christmas lights
Gnarled
Trunk
With
Bony 
Fingers
Of
Roots

Argon

Argon

Argon hates it when 
carbon dioxide broadcasts its 
burps records on 
KW24.

Home and Nowhere

Home for sale
Home on fire
Fire in the sky
Fire and brimstone
Brimstone and sulfur
Brimstone and infernal dioxide
Dioxide evangelism
Dioxide emissions
Emissions aggress as amorphous
Emissions control
Control of ourselves (and other selves)
Control the carbon
Carbon is terminal and isotopic
Carbon is a footprint
Footprint reduction 
Footprint calculator
Calculator online
Calculator broken
Broken promises
Broken bones on a broken planet
Planet Earth
Planet in peril
Peril is peculiar and personal
Peril is graver danger
Danger inherent and external
Danger zone
Zone out
Zone in
In favor of being
In the know
Know thyself
Know the truth
Truth or dare
Truth hurts
Hurts to see
Hurts to breathe
Breathe deeply
Breathe slowly
Slowly dying
Slowly fading
Fading hope
Fading away
Away from here
Away from there
There is no time
There is no escape
Escape plan
Escape route
Route 66
Route to nowhere
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to hide
Hide
Go...

Concept Crunch

Flora in its way, fauna in its way; work hand in hand.
Uniting all, keeping the health of habitats intact
Does my existence incorporate another extant?
Do I live and let live as coconuts and palm trees act?

Plants breathe carbon dioxide, grow, and breathe out oxygen.
Oxygen, in turn, enables animals to nourish
Who does more harm? Who does less? Tiger, oxen, or vixen?
It's consciousness and conscience that should make morals flourish.

The growth of one's self is mirrored in others' growth as well.
When one's attitudes change, change in another too is seen.
Should change be stirred or in an equilibrium-spell?
Does any concept, here, hold a precise path in between?

Concepts clench; philosophies progress; theologies throb
Birth, growth, and death are plays with many a multihued garb.

Children Need A Playground

Children Need A Playground 
*
We are without a leader
To save our Children
From a horrible fate
*
Fifty years ago
A discovery was made
And a few
Kept the world
Out of the know
*
So
Greed adopted a Creed
Planet Earth be damned
And Planet Earth
Started to fall
To its knees
*
Fifty years later
The world understands
Carbon Dioxide everywhere 
Heat being trapped
Nowhere to go
*
Our Children will 
Take the lead
Screaming Bloody Hell
While 
Helping Planet Earth
To stand tall
Helping Mother Earth
To brush away
All that is wealthy
creepy
And crawls
*

Global Warming

The windows are boarded up in preparation for the storm
A weather event of this intensity is becoming the norm
Global warming continues to find a way to rule the day
For the planet to survive we must all strive to do things in a different way
If we could just drive a little less, recycle a little more, or just plant a tree
A collective effort would certainly help I am sure we all agree
Severe floods are leading to an increase in airborne diseases
Intense hurricane winds are far more destructive than just a gentle breeze
Droughts are far more frequent with soaring temperatures ruling the day
Making it even more difficult for our children to go out and play
Carbon dioxide levels up twenty-five percent in the last sixty-five years
A stark reminder if we do not change our planet will slowly disappear

Immanent Yet Transcendent

What is as close 
As one's breath 
Not the last one
Nor the next one 
Rather at the
Momentary point
You wonder if
You are inhaling 
Or exhaling 

What granular 
Invisible aspect 
Of this precious gas 
Is entering the lungs
To exit as
Carbon dioxide 
Or find a capillary 
To take a ride
On a blood stream 
Rush to the brain
Keeping it alive
All without intent 
To do so

Whilst processing 
Information received 
Instantaneously sending 
Electrical impulses
To fingers hovering over 
An imaginary keyboard 

All which are immanent
Yet transcendent from
breathing

A Prayer

Lord, teach me to evaluate before I vacate 
Teach me to treasure challenges in route to my destiny 
Teach me to value debate in trying to educate 
Teach me to appreciate my friends and love my enemy
Before I escape, teach me to be still and meditate 

Let not my sleep be a runaway ticket from reality 
Teach me to appreciate both roses and thorns in my pathway 
I am amazed when look up into your vast domain and galaxy
Open my eyes, my ears, my heart, and my mind to you each day 
Whatever comes or goes, teach me to trust in thee 

One great lesson taught to me is the lesson from the tree.
Enable me to release to others the love and forgiveness you give to me 
It amazes me how carbon dioxide goes into trees and oxygen is released  
Like the tree, keep me with the ability to be the person you made me to be. 
And Lord, I'm grateful that it's really true that the best things in life are free. 

071123PS

A Prayer 2

Lord, teach me to evaluate before I vacate
Teach me to value debate in trying to educate
Let not my sleep be a runaway ticket from reality
Teach me to treasure challenges in route to my destiny
Teach me to appreciate both roses and thorns in my pathway
Open my eyes, my ears, my heart, and my mind to you each day
One of the greatest lessons taught to me is the lesson from the tree
It amazes me how carbon dioxide goes into a tree and oxygen is released to me.
Enable me to release to others the love and forgiveness given to me by thee.
Lord, I'm grateful that it's really true that the best things in life are free.

Steps Aside

STEPS ASIDE

They’ve banned the “step counters”
Outlawed the treadmill and stationary bike
Banned jogging (aka fast walking for the elderly)
Sports will be limited to “non-aerobic” activities
Tiddlywinks tournaments will be Government funded.

Scientific research and investigation
Funded by the “stay inside and die sooner” chapter
Of the “Governmental Gottcha Groups” 
Has conjectural and anecdotal evidence
That the heavy breathing induced by exercise
Increases the carbon dioxide emissions
Of those engaged in anaerobic exercise.

Suggested alternate activities are:
-Daydreaming,
-Scheming (aka conspiring with imaginary friends)
-Meditation…without chanting
-Astral Traveling (with or without passport)
-Thinking, but only about the things presented in our booklet
  -(also known as “Talking Points)

Or the “Rip Van Winkle” solution…
Go to sleep for twenty years
and hope it’s all over when you wake up.

John G. Lawless
©2/24/2023

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