Short Carbon Poems

A carbon copy
The master imitation
Ungenuine friends...

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Carbon emissions
Despair melting permafrost
Extinction is nigh...

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Green moss glass vase
Carbon, dirt sprigs of berries
A terrarium...

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the carbon monster's
footprints are quickly hidden
underneath new trees
...

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Life is short,
Art is long

Words but letters
—in search of song

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)...

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show me a zero carbon footprint ~ and i’ll show you the shoeless slave 



By
David Kavanagh...

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steel carriage belches
carbon cloud into the air
too early frog croaks...

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When asked about her new beau the elderly woman responded:  "Oh, I found him on a carbon dating site."...

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Earth, 
Planet
Of carbon
Life forms; spins fast,
Three sixty five days
And half, a year.
Freely spins;
Happy 
Ball....

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Today some orphans get soppy
And shed a tear on a poppy
Though they never met
Their dad was a vet
And there was no carbon copy...

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Global warming caused my cancer;
    Here I thought my lack of shirts.
Carbon footprint’s karmic answer:
    Carcinoma, just desserts....

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Gnarled hands stained by carbon seams
Harsh life etched into burning eyes
Yet tenderness turned wood
In delicate designs declaring devotion....

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Somewhere
In a cave
She sits
Carbon stained fingers
Drawing
A poem
Disproportioned figures
Dancing
As a moon
Rises
Over arched
Stones...

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Increased carbon dioxide emissions
  Fuel catastrophic climate premonitions

Though reductions based on volition
  Are toasted with suspicion...

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Gentle wind
Blowing
Ashes
             Me

Dust
Carbon
Atoms
             Be

Of earth
Sun
Moon
             Sea

Proton
Neutron
Quark
             Free...

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The Rust of Values

Carbon breaths
Ink less goose feathers
Blunt boys knives
Dry kisses of Girls
In ending corners
Left only with 
The rust of values ....

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Compressed carbon is called Diamond
Cut land in water is called Island
Beaten copper is Wire
Love bitten man- Lover
Compressed, cut n’ beaten man is Husband...

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Carbon is life to a tree.
Without carbon, there would be no tree.
God set it up this way, you see
and, the tree depends on you and me ! 

Copyright McCuen 2008...

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Behold me as I wield the carbon sword,
cleaving reality as if a fraying cord.
In noble valor I make my timeless stand,
against the demons spawned by my own hand....

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the clotting of her 
soup hydrogen soup carbon 
timebomb becomes blood

the bleaching of hair
black turn brown then back to red
timebomb becomes blood

6/22/19...

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The light splash was blue and white
liquid reflection of crystal was The delight
The diamond was breaking its bond 
flawless was The clarity and
colorless was The beauty...

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a great gift of innovation
resulting in elimination
where carbon does slow
and electricity flow
a delightful step in integration 

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Contest

"Eco-friendly vehicles"...

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carbon dioxide
methane
political hot air

Greta alert
David alert
parochial apathy

fossil fuel
Indian blockade
dinosaurs cop out

16 November 2021
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You only notice the sparkle--
The way she became shinier. 
Have you ever wondered
How she was able to shimmer?
This precious gem
Was once a black carbon
Turned into a worthy emblem....

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I found a diamond so crystal clear
I whispered sweet nothings in her ear

She looked at me and saw my glow 
A perfect match this carbon and gold

So rare to find combination entwined...

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