l'appel du videA void within me calls
wanting only what I've never had,
but I've always seen.
The taste of a possession so illegal,
It's to die for.
as literal and figurative
as the jaws of the idea itself
surrounding and consuming me.
Oh, I've seen it.
The ecstasy of true bliss
multiplied only their best moments.
The promise of nostalgia
and a feeling of home.
An easiness...
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Categories:
addiction, childhood, death, environment,
Form: Free verse
Secondhand SmokeSwirling smoke and tobacco cheeks;
leave no glass on the patio. Plastic
water bottle filled to the gills with butts.
children don’t care -
off
in their own world. generation gap
is apparent as one grows
old. Young
will carry on. What will the world
be?
I breathe, I sigh, I hold my breath;
eventually,
I inhale secondhand smoke, and try
to reach, teach, inspire
these kids, but I...
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Categories:
environment, family,
Form: Free verse
SentienceWhat if our planet is sentient
In ways we don’t understand
And we by out actions have
Upset events it had planned,
Brought forward change
By hacking down the trees,
And Interfering in many ways
That just didn't please.
On a body the size of a planet
We are just like irritant fleas,
Or maybe to be considered
As an invasive skin disease.
Perhaps a period...
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Categories:
environment, philosophy, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme
One Misty RecallI gaze at sun drenched mists
deliriously stunned
by rippling echos of
wistful sand dune swirl grains
where spring flames shed twilight
on love’s quaint misty shore...
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Categories:
beautiful, beauty, dream, environment,
Form: Free verse
My Honour, So I ObjectToday I have no counsel.
No mouthpiece carved from conscience,
no briefcase of softened truths,
no evidence to prove innocence.
Just me— the accused,
standing in the ribcage of a collapsing courtroom,
where the gavel echoes like a gunshot in a cathedral.
But I will speak in a voice stitched from landfill smoke
and the static of forgotten warnings.
Because this is about honour....
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Categories:
allegory, discrimination, environment,
Form: Free verse
Power to the SlimeWorm sliding round back of house,
Met, by chance, tiny soft mouse,
"How's all that dating stuff?
Dating the one is enough,
Worms stood the test of time,
Power to all our slime!
Worm love keeps us forever young,
Hermaphrodites have the most fun!"...
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Categories:
environment, appreciation, cute love, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
From Our Collective HumanityNo time to be on the fence,
our stressed Earth wants more dedication
to her defense.
Weeping for her is not enough,
join the environmental cause, we
must be tough.
The world's children to elderly,
doing something about pollution,
climate change, it's a priority.
Save wildlife and humans for their rising,
from our collective humanity, our globe
needs reviving.
The youth of us should inherit,
an ecologically sound...
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Categories:
environment, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
House I CarryI carry a house upon my back,
A fragile frame of dreams and stone.
Its windows cracked, its timbers black,
But still I walk, and still alone.
Each wall is built from words unsaid,
From nights I stitched with fraying thread.
Its roof is shingled with the dread
Of all the tears I never shed.
I pass through valleys, rivers wide,
This house sways...
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Categories:
emotions, environment, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Gull Glides
A gull glides slowly
Through the cloud-grey sky
No sign of hurry,
No hint of worry
Content thus to fly.
Dramatic contrast
To the traffic down below
Human hurry
Human rush
As though its sinful
To go slow.
Maybe somehow
In a very little while
I’ll let time take
Its gentle course
And gull-like
Peaceful go.
...
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Categories:
beautiful, creation, environment, flying,
Form: Blank verse
Garden Between My RibsThere is a garden between my ribs,
A hidden place the world can't see.
It blooms in silence, softly lives,
A patch of green inside of me.
I never chose the seeds it sowed,
They came from storms I couldn’t flee.
Each broken word, each heavy load,
Took root beneath my shattered sea.
It grew through cracks, it pierced my bones,
With petals made...
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Categories:
encouraging, environment, garden, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
OLD HUSBANDMy old husband, married so many times, making a big giant army with his loves.
Loves that must follow all his rules, or he will cause them to feel blue.
My old husband, has a way of making everyday a special day, that makes me chuckle, with his attention to detail.
My old husband, is such...
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Categories:
america, environment, i love
Form: Rhyme
Wilting flowersWilted flowers
Wilted flowers lie in empty fields
Days pass as flies scour,
Leaving the decomposing ideas to be eaten.
The sun flickers as each minute weans by
An empty shell of you left in bloody waters.
A quiet silence crowding the space your words claimed.
The once blooming pedals, scorned by your nectar.
Craving the burn you bring into my veins; no...
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Categories:
environment, 10th grade, abuse, anger,
Form: Free verse
The World Is Bleeding
The world is bleeding,
Yet it seems no one seems to care.
Oh it’s been going on for quite, sometime
it gets so people seem to walk on by shake their heads and stare.
Centuries, years, months even days, have brought us all to the state we are in.
With all the paths to lead us to...
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Categories:
destiny, emotions, environment, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Whispers of the WildI walked where the trees don’t speak—
yet somehow, I heard everything.
The wind and the trees held secret meetings,
and the leaves nodded in agreement,
like spectators dressed in green.
The waters didn’t rush—
they marched steadily down the riverbank,
telling stories in ripples—
of rain that once fell,
and mountains they had kissed on the way.
The sun appeared,
golden and gentle.
Snakes and lizards...
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Categories:
12th grade, education, environment,
Form: Spoken Word
Mystery in NatureWhy does the sky keep falling —
but never fall?
Each dusk a slow descent,
yet it never shatters.
How do planets remember
the path their fathers walked?
No traffic signs, whatsoever!
yet still, none collides with the other.
Why do clouds — swollen and quiet —
give birth to rain,
already full-grown,
ready to kiss the earth?
Who whispers to the raindrops
which road to take?
Which village...
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Categories:
environment, 12th grade, allah, bible,
Form: Spoken Word
Specific Types of Environment Poems
Definition | What is Environment in Poetry?
Poems Related to Environment
status, climate, habitat, surroundings, setting, situation, entourage, domain, neighborhood, locale, terrain, scene, milieu, hood, zoo, territory, conditions, aura, scenery, medium, ambiance, background, circumstances, element, jungle, context, turf, backdrop, neck of the woods, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground, ecosystem, atmosphere, environs, biosphere, gaia, ecosphere,