there is no ice storm
it's much too warm
is this the beginning of the end?
seventy fahrenheit in november
looks like the same for december
how much longer can mother earth bend
before the bough breaks
and her children come crashing down?
people, it's up to us
it's time to make a fuss
about just how far things have gone
we can't let it get worse
for the sake of the earth
we must turn things around
not just fall without a sound
~ornery owl~
prompts
The prompt requests verse letters to some aspect of climate change. This rhyme fell from my brain fast and furious and is not so much a specific letter as a plea to us all to open our eyes and see what is happening.
My part of the United States is in an extreme drought. We had scant rainfall during the summer and have had very little snow this winter. Temperatures are unseasonably warm for this part of the country. Yesterday, for instance, it was 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It is much too warm for November in Colorado.
Other parts of the world are experiencing unprecedented flooding.
While it may seem as if we "little people" can't do much, we need to at least do something. What has been seen cannot be unseen.
The prompt asks us to write a "the end" and/or a "the beginning" poem. Let us not allow this to be the end for our planet, People. We can have improved technology while living in harmony with nature. Learning about building techniques that are in harmony with the environments in which we live is a step in the right direction.
We shouldn't be pursuing lush green lawns if we live in the dry Southwest.
Builders must learn to work with materials that naturally hold in the heat in cold weather while allowing the structure to stay cool in hot weather.
We need to take better care of each other and our world.
That is my plea for the end of this poetry cycle.
Sending energies of blessing and healing to you all.
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I so agree with everything you have written. Solutions are not going to come from the top until enough of us make enough noise - and use our funds with discretion to exclude the worst offender corporations - to make them act. That is strange weather for Colorado. Here in BC, governments are deluding themselves by calling the flooding a "once in 100 years event." Nope. Will be twice in 100 years next year........you might hear the sound of my teeth grinding in frustration. I love the positivity in your post.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a time when the extremities grow common, like heat in Colorado this time of year, when on the other side of the broken jet stream rain drowns British Columbia. Yours in important report at earthweal, helping us to see and feel the whole world as it goes into a heating climate future. Thanks -
ReplyDeleteIndeed we must do something, however small.
ReplyDeleteAddressing the poem on top of your post: The rhyme swings and makes the question and answer slide into my heart.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your strong words: the situation we are facing is frightening, and even if we take drastic action now, it will continue to get worse before it gets better. And yet still we stand by and do next to nothing!
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