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CAN WE BEAT NATURENow we see climate change is ramping up.
Could our use of fossil fuels take the blame?
But we go on burning carbon galore
For easy profit this practice provides.
With arrogance we play at ignorance
For we think that...
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Categories:
earth, pollution,
Form: Blank verse
Paradise LostSay goodbye to the future
The final die was cast
After years of pollution
The human race has passed
The answer to our problem
Was just carbon reduction
But we made a decision
That caused our destruction
We ignored all the warnings
No matter...
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Categories:
pollution,
Form: Rhyme
SimplifiedCat got your tongue? Hey what’s the matter?
Why ain’t you sayin’ what’s there inside?
If I were somebody who didn’t know better,
I’d say you been simplified
Simplified, simplified
There’s forces all around you, son
And they’re tryin’ to stem...
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Categories:
pollution, angst, confusion, integrity, parody,
Form: Lyric
Wild BirdsEndangered penguins on the ice.
Small tuxedo wearing waiters.
Keep the party warm, in a trice
they'll...
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Categories:
natural disasters, political, pollution,
Form: Personification
Poem of the dayThat first poem of the day can be quite the heads up,
do you want a whole bowl or just a small cup.
I wonder just what the next poet will pen,
today was a rooster, tomorrow a...
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Categories:
pollution,
Form: Rhyme
Our FutureNow we’re facing the backlash from Nature,
So what can we expect of our future?
We’ve driven many species to their end
In our plunder of this precious planet.
We think we can exploit it as we wish
And ignore...
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Categories:
destiny, earth, pollution,
Form: Blank verse
Not So Great ExpectationsMy favored Muse
mysteriously asks
muted
kinda sexist
win/lose
either/or
complex bilateral questions.
Oppositional
defiant
nearly despairing quests
exploring why I have yet to find
Faith
Hope
or delightful Joy
as names for a boy
Who might be named
willful Father William
or Pastor warlike Warren
or Patriarchal terrifying Terrence
or even...
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Categories:
pollution, integrity, mother son, muse,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Where Did We Go?The cities are all unraveling,
Dirty air floats in our lungs,
Broken glass,
Shattered signs.
Only hollow buildings,
Without any lives.
Standing on fallow ground,
Deer bounding all...
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Categories:
pollution, 12th grade, future, humanity,
Form: Free verse
MooningJust mooning
and buffooning
Covertly stepping behind the veil
Dancing and prancing under the new moon
Burning candles and chanting, leaving no trail
Dark, unscrupulous wishes coming soon
Now, laughing and frolicking under the full moon
When you should be...
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Categories:
pollution, bullying, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Free verse
Swimming For Your Lifelife at times feels so hard
so much going against you
everything around you so dirty
looking for a filter to be true
Everywhere you look is clogged up
like all is blocked just like sin
effecting every strand of life
everywhere...
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Categories:
fish, life, pollution, water,
Form: Rhyme
New York City RatsRotting eggs, fish, moldy pasta, and meat
Mixed with the odor of damp rodent fur.
The garbage in bags is lining the street.
New York is a city beyond compare.
The food that's thrown feeds a population,
Not for...
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Categories:
animal, new york, pollution,
Form: Rhyme
The TempestDo you feel the great turning, the maelstrom coming around, spitting sparks of searing birds that circle each other screaming in a language like rain? Blisters burning feathers, beaks and eyes till they ignite like...
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Categories:
pollution, death, environment, mental illness,
Form: Prose Poetry
Death of MagicNo tears, no self-harm
No casting aside of ideals
That World of Magic existed
And was slain before me
Time marches inexorably
And the arms race of tech does so at a sprint
Born on the cusp of change
I was promised...
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Categories:
memorial, memory, pollution,
Form: Free verse
Let It BurnNow the Earth slowly dies
It burns before our eyes
The facts are unopposed
And yet our eyes are closed
The rich who try to hide
Most leaders on their side
They'll turn our world to dust
And still we choose to...
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Categories:
pollution,
Form: Rhyme
Dying Earth RequiemWritten: August 16, 2023
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In an era where horror dwells supreme.
Where ignorance and cynicism coincide.
We must share our thoughts as a team.
Climb with kindness—with purity not collide.
A requiem—for a dying Earth
As we blame ourselves, no matter our...
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Categories:
pollution, analogy, angst, bereavement, change,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Pollution Poems
Definition | What is Pollution in Poetry?
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