Killing earth
...With the icecap melting before our eyes.
And the sea levels are starting to rise.
More land is disappearing everyday.
Plants and wildlife are fading away.
Drilling for oil deep in the ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Swimming Against the Current
...[Note: You will see in the work below connections to other poems I have posted here. Those poems are tangents to this poem that more completely tell the tale of rise, pride, hubris, fall, and rec...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, ozymandias, pride, sin,
Form: Free verse
Golden Monkey
...gold snub-nosed pet howls
artic broadleaf quakes, echo~
scatters icecap prey
Posted : April 13th 2022
How Many Syllables Verified
Brief explanations;
The golden or gold snub-nosed monkey...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, animal, appreciation, character, environment,
Form: Haiku
Sorrow Love Change
...There is so much sorrow everywhere upon this Earth
It overwhelms Earth's beauty; it questions our own worth.
Another child lies hungry upon a mat that she calls her bed.
Another mother buries he...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, anger, beauty, blessing, change,
Form: Rhyme
Frosty Ice Cap
...a frosty icecap
left to her own devices
in the gelid blue of the subzero cave
added ambiance to the stalagmites...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Mother Earth's Realtime Stories
...Studying history
tries to be objectively subjective,
at its best
when also a comparative study of Sacred Plantings and Harvests.
Not a coincidence,
unfortunately,
that when I studied Christia...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, culture, earth, gender, history,
Form: Political Verse
Angry Sun
...She comes down near my head daily
releasing sharp spears on it precisely
I shout for mercy but she listens not
without compassion she tortures me
Born brown angry Sun darkened me
the blood vei...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, metaphor, sun,
Form: Personification
Treeless Avenue
...So long old mountain
You are in the rear view mirror of my forgotten
For so long my foundation,
My future determination refuses to look back
At your crumbling avalanche
I’m now fatigued
Your ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, mountains, winter,
Form: Free verse
Dear Meneer
...As I land,
You hold my hand
As I fall,
You stand me tall
You opened my eyes
Removed my icecap of blindness
To expose my inner core
And showed me that I’m worth so much more
As I bend,
Yo...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
icecap, teacher,
Form: Rhyme