The Great Collapse
...children dying in the global south
we cannot drink oil and gas
coral reefs are dying in the ocean
we cannot eat coal and live
species are facing extinction
he keeps filling his vaults while
ch...
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Categories:
ecosystems, natural disasters, nature,
Form: Free verse
Howling Wilderness
...In the wind, hear a plaintive, mournful wail.
It is more than a wolf caught in a trap.
It's more than fishing gear catching a whale
and rainforests being wiped from the map.
It is a voice that ...
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Categories:
ecosystems, nature,
Form: Rhyme
awin
...It's always moving
it never stops
above, below, the earth
...it flows
its fresh or salt or atmospheric
it's energy changes,
at different phases
and still...
...it flows
its evaporation,...
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Categories:
ecosystems, bible, earth, environment, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears
...Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears...
of diverse and sundry sizes engaged
in woebegone wild rumpus
as a last hoorah
for diversity, equity and inclusion,
whose somber bowed heads
(hide t...
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Categories:
ecosystems, absence, adventure, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
Falling Kindness
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Written February 28, 2025, For contest Sponsored by: Sara Jama
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On a planet
where kindness truly counts,
people's eyes widened as
the las...
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Categories:
ecosystems, analogy, flower,
Form: Free verse
Steampunk
...In the copper-clad cradle of time
where gears whir fugues to forgotten dreams.....
the fog—a somnolent specter—drifts.....
veiling the calculus of progress
a manuscript etched by steam and soot.
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Categories:
ecosystems, literature, mythology, technology, time,
Form: Narrative
Earth is Dying
...Eternity lies within me,
Sharing a gift i see,
Another dance with reality.
How many will there be,
In each I've planted a seed
Before learning what they need.
To move further and le...
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Categories:
ecosystems, america, animal, cancer, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Literary Feud Among - Pt 2
...Step Forward McCarthy vs. Hellman
What is this The Digital Crucible of Truth?
On a stage of scrutiny,
titans c l a s h—
McCarthy's words, a web of accusations
S l i c...
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Categories:
ecosystems, emotions, judgement, literature, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Verse
My Thing Is This
...As hapless vapors of decay, surround us, suffocating the fecund earth. A blanket of suffocating grey, born from the diseased aspirations of humanity. We, the self-appointed masters of a planet in sha...
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Categories:
ecosystems, corruption, education, environment, extended
Form: Free verse
Stewards Of Nature
...We are Stewards of God's gift
We better protect everything God created
All the creatures in this planet
Have their own specific role to play
Which help the environmental ecosystems
They are a...
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Categories:
ecosystems, caregiving, life, nature,
Form: Free verse
Where are We Going?
...Hunted, gathered,
Now, humans reign,
Produce emissions -
CO2, methane,
Absorbing heat,
Driving storms,
Breaking all the
Climate norms.
Glaciers retreat,
Ice declines,
Ecosystems
Intert...
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Categories:
ecosystems, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Ecosystem Heart Failure
...See within those starry skies,
Beauty of binding vines,
Fluorescent meaning lies,
In its parting petals spouting lies.
A clams soft pink shell,
Glints in thousand little pearls,
They glide gr...
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Categories:
ecosystems, animal, discrimination, fantasy, fruit,
Form: Rhyme
MINERALS OF AFRICA: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
...Once upon a time, it was our able-bodied kin
Taken or traded for guns' dark din.
To toil in fields, their labour bound
In homes and plants, their freedom drowned.
Then they realized, beneath ou...
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Categories:
ecosystems, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Calibration
...Here I stand, entirely symmetrical
with the longitudinal lines
that thrusts perfectly through
the balance of our planet
with not a moment of fluctuation.
Stiffly positioned in a direct sta...
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Categories:
ecosystems, 12th grade, blessing, care,
Form: Free verse
Water and Fire
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I am your treasured Water, source of life;
Without me, ecosystems could not be.
My oceans, rivers, streams- are full and rife;
But, uncontrolled- can lead to tragedy.
And, I am Fire, ...
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Categories:
ecosystems, fire, tribute, water,
Form: Personification
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