Earth UndoneMountains made of waves
tore the flesh from Mother Earth —
flayed and flooding.
The mud grieves beneath her,
clogged with stagnant saline.
She used to breathe — rivers ran wild and free,
forests stood tall and proud.
For she was once lush —
verdant skin stretched over a trembling core,
veins of sapphire seas pulsing with breath.
But we carved into her with teeth...
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Categories:
earth, environment, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Forest TherapyReturned to the wooded place I shed tears
where speaking out loud without any fears
had no shame or guilt attached to the spew
birds deer fairies fae gathered by the few
looking on from afar allowing my release
so I can continue my self-healing in peace
it was therapy for my soul without any pay
evaluating how far I have come...
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Categories:
emotions, environment, nature,
Form: Couplet
Ode to the Hmar Hills"Ode to the Hmar Hills"
No crowded streets, no city’s glare,
But Hmar Hills' green slopes and mist-kissed air—
Where Pherzawl’s rains in whispers fall,
And Senvon’s breeze outshines them all.
Oh Damdiei’s hills, so cool, so high,
Where childhood dreams still paint the sky!
No Delhi’s heat, no Mumbai’s...
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Categories:
environment, april, blessing, creation, culture,
Form: Rhyme
These Four WallsThese four walls, how they stifle.
How they bind and choke.
Their cheap white paint
Seems to whisper:
Let me go!
Is this not a home,
Soft and safe,
Friend of one and all?
But a cell,
Narrow and close,
Bereft of fresh air,
Bidding me stay.
Tis danger out there.
No, the danger is here,
Not to my flesh,
More, to my soul.
The danger is here,
Inside these four...
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Categories:
allegory, anxiety, depression, environment,
Form: Free verse
Joshua Moore ColoradoHail needles the skin.
Wind cracks the spine.
The mountain holds,
breath seizes on the tongue.
Snow knives the summits.
Cracked hands fumble dry stone,
paper-thin air slices,
bald eagles tilt in the blast.
Alpine skiers parched,
no more Earth Day banners.
Cherry Creek scrapes its bed.
Feces in the bedpan,
chapped gloss smeared,
cocoa hair salted and smoked.
The Zephyr rattles east,
carrying the mountains backward—
Grand Central dissolves...
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Categories:
environment, abortion, age, allegory, america,
Form: Free verse
When the Poem Became TearsWhen the poem became tears
As the ink drips,
I have become an emotional basket case.
My keyboard squeals, as the businessman's anxiety climbs
At the sound of the opening bells,
Tariff wars targeting the poor,
Evil Eyes merges with the Texas Tycoons
What is the poor trader's offense?
Going once, going twice,
To be poor is to be...
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Categories:
environment, addiction, africa, america, analogy,
Form: Narrative
PahalgamThe sky.
Bows down,
The great Himalayan.
Making it beautiful
For every dawn.
Has disturbed
The Pahalgam!
What's cause?
Which made it
From resilient one,
Into a crying noise!
After a long run!
The quiet lets
Along the vast,
Sarcasmed valley
Within the peace,
And of calmness.
Has disturbed
The Pahalgam!
What's that?
Marking great beauty,
From the heaven,
To a hell!
Of the Earth!...
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Categories:
beautiful, courage, dedication, environment,
Form: Free verse
Doom's Date - Mar 5Doomsday’s dismal dawn, in the deep distance,
Is our dusk, the diadem of decadence;
Daunting and depthless, a dark and doleful dirge
Deems this dungeon of demons due for death...
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Categories:
death, environment, funeral, grave,
Form: Alliteration
My Village - Monsoon Flood
The skies now dark with swollen grief,
Rain lashes roofs beyond belief.
The monsoon comes not soft, but roaring seas,
It spares no home and trees, nor man, nor child.
Before my eyes - truth too raw to bear,
A mother staggered through the despair,
Clutching her sack above the flood,
Her last few grains, her sweat, her blood.
The fields we tilled...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, emotions, environment,
Form: Narrative
Legendary ConvictWalked in through those gates, the legends foretold/
valley of death? Try a circus of old/
The baddest dude charged, Timber! Came the call/
He fell like a Jenga tower, five stories tall/
A gang rolled up, thinking strength in their mix/
Twenty-five sprawled out, my karate did the tricks/
One guy swung a mop, I said, nice try my dude/
Bruce...
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Categories:
character, cool, environment, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Spring has sprungSpring has sprung,
Fleecies off we have flung,
Blue skies, breezes' balm,
Blossoms drifting do charm,
Sunny days, kind and mild,
Springing--we've all smiled!...
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Categories:
appreciation, environment, nature, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Seven healthy shopper traits'Interacting with shop staff.'
Negating the unproductive auto till'
Encouraging social co-heasion'
Caring for the overall ecology'
Have good numerecy skills
Are out going personalitys
Have a willingness to show compassion'...
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Categories:
education, environment,
Form: Free verse
Spring Breeze
Categories:
appreciation, environment, spring,
Form: Haiku
FORBIDDEN RIVERThe attempt
A wooden Bridge
No Enter
Weak Foundation
Danger and Caution
Beware
River flows
Water swim tolerance
Just avoid crossing
Courage to try
Warning to emphasize
Bridge uncertain
No hold on grasp
Cross at your own risk
Warning signs you shouldn’t miss
Danger, Warning
Find another way to the other side.
...
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Categories:
environment, adventure, anxiety, care, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Oh, How We FellAncient howling came back to Earth
And before long more species followed
Some contested against this unnatural birth
But no one could deny it’s monetary worth
Then after a little - our world was swallowed
Even though we lacked a time machine
We ended back up in...
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Categories:
environment, 8th grade, animal, city,
Form: Rhyme
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,