Summer Warming Poems

Climate Change Haiku
by Michael R. Burch

late November:
climate skeptics scoff
but the geese no longer migrate.



The King of Beasts in the Museum of the Extinct
by Michael R....

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Decade ago, the world laughed,
at the hole in the ozone layer,
the global warming was a joke,
the scientists got ridiculed.

Now a decade later, the ground hog...

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Sirius sneers
& terrestrial fools 
fiddle

hateful heat domes
crush & deflate
as the earth smolders
& the oceans sizzle
   in the
   season
   of
...

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These words were inspired by poet FJ Thomas after reading poem of the day  “haiku - summer” 25th June 2022

A Global Warming Warning
Global warming...

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birds fall from the sky
each year hotter than before
nature does not lie...

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These are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...



The Vision of the Overseer’s Right Hand
by Michael R. Burch

“Dust to dust ...”

I stumbled, aghast,
into a valley of...

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Spring
vibrant, lively
gracing, praying, gratifying
flowers, sunshine, leaves, legends
gentling, kissing, breathing
crisp, faithful
Autumn







Spring or Summer Diamante Poem Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger 
April 25, 2021
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I watched a sparrow go mad
Right in front of me

It charged a red bush like a bull to a matador
To build a spring nest in...

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White Hot Christmas
by Michael R. Burch

I’m back from my jog;
it felt like summer
on Christmas Eve.
What a bummer!
Forget the sleigh, Santa,
hire a Hummer....

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Davenport Tomorrow
by Michael R. Burch

Davenport tomorrow ...
all the trees stand stark-naked in the sun.

Now it is always summer
and the bees buzz in cesspools,
adapted to a...

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It had been years since the seasons changed

Then the Monarch butterflies
Shook from a blue sky in July
Like a box of colored confetti
Re-appeared a miracle atop...

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The Heat, and not the sports team
Has come here for a while
It's enough to set some records
And to kill the farmers smiles

Humidity and high temperatures
Add...

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In the heat of summer
It was nice to bath in the river
Ten minutes away
A great place to cool off
And not crowded by tourists 
Cigano boys...

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naaaaa, couldn’t be global warming

as state after state begins to boil &
the people of this country begin to sweat,
swelter & roast
under these oppressive heat waves,...

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