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I
you pave paradise
and put up a parking lot
play it on repeat
you pave paradise
and build another strip mall
or subdivision
and put up a parking lot
so when the sun beats down hot
things get hotter yet
play it on repeat
thermometer rising more
waves erode the shore
II
you pave paradise
and build another strip mall
or subdivision
you pave paradise
cookie-cutter houses stand
where there was wetland
and build another strip mall
cause you never have enough
disposable goods
or subdivision
filled with overpriced houses
homeless in the street
III
and put up a parking lot
so when the sun beats down hot
everything sizzles
and put up a parking lot
heat wavers on the asphalt
ocean levels rise
so when the sun beats down hot
there is no place to escape
rising mercury
things get hotter yet
if we don't make some changes
it will be too late
IV
play it on repeat
thermometer rising more
waves erode the shore
play it on repeat
there are some who like to claim
nothing has gone wrong
thermometer rising more
they say its just a cycle
irresponsible
waves erode the shore
close in on coastal cities
we must be the change
~cie~
Prompts Used
Hold onto your hats, People, and let me explain the multiple methods of my madness.
April PAD Challenge 2021
Day 7:
Take a song title, change a word in the title, and make this the title of your poem.
I chose "Cool Change" by Little River Band, altered it to Climate Change, and stuck the word "Blues" on the end because I'm a renegade like that.
D'Verse Poets
Write a circular poem.
The Double Troiku is a form created by Kristian of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
To write a Troiku, one first creates a Haiku, then writes three Haiku from the lines of the first Haiku.
A Double Troiku takes things one step further, writing three new Haiku from each of the new Haiku created from the original Troiku.
Anyway, the poem repeatedly "circles back" to the first Haiku.
There you have the form for my "circular" poem!
Mindlovemisery's Menagerie
Music Prompt
Write a piece based on Woodstock or another song by Joni Mitchell. I selected Big Yellow Taxi. Now, you never see the Big Yellow Taxi mentioned in the poem, but trust me, it's there, idling in the background as it waits for its passenger.
Tale Weaver
Time for a change
The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese If You Please (Or Don't Please)
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Yes, Joni was right - and we weren't listening. Thanks for the double troiku - for me it had a hip-hop feel to it (re-using a lyric in a new and creative way) - works here - hot houses, strip malls, sea level rise - all connected by the form you've chosen.
ReplyDeletebig yellow taxi influence one of my poems "the last tree" so this struck a cord
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ReplyDeleteQuite a Woodstock here, hammering out a power chord which keeps repeating throughout like an infernal skip in the record that shows us how stuck we are in this defeatist extractionist rape of Gaia. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was ... And yet there's art too, forsaking the making of the berserker's creed of progress. A hammer struck well here. Best, Brendan
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed how much we are willing to sacrifice for all those perishable goods that fill our houses.
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