Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts

Monday, April 22, 2024

April PAD Challenge + NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 22

 

Image by Dorothe from Pixabay

Good morning (or whatever it is where you are) Poetry People. I dragged my worthless ass out of bed at 5:40 AM, took my pills, stabbed myself (with an insulin pen), put drops in my eyes, and came back to my computer to write one of those brief, hard-hitting Haiku about how the human race selfishly harms the world that gave us life. 

We need to stop behaving like a cancer. One person may not be able to make much of an impact, but together we can make real changes. One of the most important things we can do is hold corporations accountable for their actions.

To construct my take-no-prisoners Haiku, I took inspiration from the following prompts.


Write an Earth poem.


write a poem in which two things have a fight.

We are in the fight of our lives against the very world that gave us life. If the world is to survive, we need to be on its side. We must listen to the Earth and hear what it is telling us. We must work to heal it rather than doing further harm.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by 165106 from Pixabay

Change can only begin when we co-operate.



Thursday, September 14, 2023

World Under Siege

 

Base image by NOAA on Unsplash


widespread wildfire

more frequent and stronger storms

a world under siege

notes

A prompt from Carpe Diem Haiku inspired this post.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/10/carpe-diem-20-rough-sea.html

Text art and effects were added to the base image by the poet using Pixlr. You are welcome to share the Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl if you do.

Without going into too great detail, the poem addresses issues associated with climate change.

I miss the Earthweal blog.

This CPAP mask reminds me of


It's my second night wearing it. I've adjusted to it pretty well, but I want to try the hybrid version. This one is a bit cumbersome.



All aboard the Owlship! Evolved, oviparous Xenomorphs are welcome. 

I spent a good chunk of 2012 writing Aliens crossover fanfic involving such beings. It saved my life, please believe. 

I sometimes wish I'd stuck with writing fan fiction for my own enjoyment. Marketing my work is a nightmare, and I write a lot of romance, which was never my first choice.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

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Burning question:
What music is great to listen to while creating Haiga posts, and why is it video game soundtracks?

Thursday, November 10, 2022

November PAD Challenge 2022: Day 10: On the Parched Prairie

 

Image by Robert Balog from Pixabay

we haven't seen much
of moisture or such
for years here on the parched prairie

we struggle to get by
under the dry sky
the threat of wildfire is scary

the world's supposed caretakers
try to hire rainmakers
after blaming climate change on Tom, Dick, and Harry

corporations don't give a fig
about prairie dog or wild pig
as their ill-advised actions they bury

"blame it on La NiƱa," they say
as they point the attention away
from the toxins their manufacturing spreads from dairy to eyrie

who cares if we lose the prairie?
it's a place nobody wants to tarry
yet what's happening should make everyone wary

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by Alexa from Pixabay

prompts used

Write a struggle poem. Portions of the Western United States have been struggling with extreme drought for several years. 


The line about rainmakers references the movie Rainmaker.


The instructions:
"Choose some fuzzy topic to define. [Life, community, love, distraction, death, racism, god, whatever suits you at the moment] Define it by indirection."

I think I did this. Maybe. Sort of. The topic is climate change.

I may also share this poem with the Earthweal open link this weekend. Possibly.




I often find video game soundtracks to be great background music for writing.

Here's the link in case you can't see the player.

https://odysee.com/@GamingAmbience:6/destiny-2-mars-dynamo-approach:2?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16












Tuesday, September 13, 2022

30 Days of Haiga 2022: Honey and Peace

 


For greedy corporations and corrupt governments, it will be business as usual until it’s business no more because the sea has risen too high and all the bees are dead.

I would like the world to switch from fossil fuels to green energy.

Let the sun and wind heat our homes and recharge electrical batteries for our vehicles.

Let us make trains a viable means of transportation again so there is less reliance on automobiles.

Before I depart this world, I’d like to see the watermelon snow.

I’d like to insure the safety of the seed vault in Svalbard.

I’d like to save the sea ice, preserving the life of polar bears and penguins.

I’d like, too, to plant the sweet alyssum that smells like honey and peace.

we guard what we love

why do we not love the world?

it's our only home.

144 Words

notes

I created the Haiga with Pixlr.com using a free image by Peter Fischer on Pixabay. 

https://pixabay.com/photos/icebear-penguin-arctic-antarctic-3277930/

You are welcome to use the Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl and provide a link back to this blog.

I used the following prompts in creating the Haibun.

https://dversepoets.com/2022/09/12/prosery-when-it-comes-to-katherine-riegel/

Write a piece of flash fiction or other prose of up to or exactly 144 words, including the given line from the poem.

“I’d like, too, to plant the sweet alyssum that smells like honey and peace,” from the poem What I would like to grow in my Garden.

https://earthweal.com/2022/09/12/earthweal-weekly-challenge-a-celebration-of-life-for-ice/

For this week’s challenge, contribute to a celebration of life for ice. 

https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2022/09/11/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-229/

Prompt word: Guard

I hope my Haibun measures up to the challenges presented, more or less.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~



Free use image from Open Clipart Vectors


Monday, September 5, 2022

STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: When the Heavens Burst

STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: When the Heavens Burst:   (Zahid Hussain/AP Photo) The heavens burst, roaring down upon us a river of rain, too much for the land to absorb. We stood in the window ...

The current conditions in Pakistan are sobering. 

The words in this poem also reminded me of an experience I had 9 years ago. 

I was working in Boulder, Colorado in September 2013 when the Hundred Year Flood hit. The description of the taillights in the rain reminded me. I was driving to work and should have turned back when I saw how bad the rain was but I didn't want to let my co-workers down. 

My car was hit by a wall of water and I was afraid I would be washed off the road into a field that had become a lake. I wrote about the experience in this piece if you're ever curious to read about it.

30 Days of Haiga 2022: Atmospheric Rivers

 

Text

mercury rises

atmospheric rivers flow

with increased carbon

notes

This Haiga was created using Pixlr.com and a free-use image by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay.

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/earth-globe-water-waves-sea-lake-216834/

You are welcome to use the Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl and provide a link back to this blog.

A million thanks to Brendan from Earthweal for providing and explaining the term atmospheric rivers. His post is well worth the read.

https://earthweal.com/2022/09/05/an-atmospheric-river-roars-at-us/

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~


Free use image from Open Clipart Vectors



Tuesday, November 30, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: The Ice Storm (Or Not)



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.

A masterful medieval soundtrack to write with and be inspired by.

Here is the link in case you can't see the video.

https://odysee.com/@%E7%BA%AF%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90:d/Medieval-music,-music-relaxation,-instrumental-music,-background-music:7

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

November PAD Challenge Day 16: Skeletons at the Feast

 


Humans marching like zombies towards the doors of extinction
Never taking the time to balance the scales
We don’t want to do anything that would inconvenience us
It is still within our power to change the end of our tales

Like vandals on Halloween, humans damage the Earth
Politicians are a species that no one can trust
It is still within our power to change the end of our tales
We don’t want to do anything that would inconvenience us

There are options before us, but still, we choose doom
Corporations enchanted by the prospect of sales
We don’t want to do anything that would inconvenience us
It is still within our power to change the end of our tales

Essential essentials and worn-out wigs
Meaningless trinkets for which humanity lusts
It is still within our power to change the end of our tales
We don’t want to do anything that would inconvenience us

~ornery owl~

Planning ahead like a mofo, I chose most of these prompts a day early!


I changed the title of the poem from strangers at the feast to skeletons at the feast as I found it more fitting.



Prompt: Enchanted

Prompt: Halloween

Prompt: Write a Form or Anti-Form Poem


Prompt: Write a Mirrored Refrain

xaBA, xbAB, xaBA, xbAB

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Monday, November 8, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: The End of the World

 

Giant wave, Portugal
By unknown photographer on One Big Photo

only the elders remembered a blue sky
such will be the lamentation wailed by survivors
when we can no longer armour the planet against the irreversible changes that come from copious pollution
brought about by those who seek only to build their own empire rather than working in harmony with nature
in a society whose members value Christmas shopping over taking care of each other
perhaps the world ends here

~ornery owl~

prompts


Prompt: Christmas shopping


Prompt: Write a Blank of the Blank poem

https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/11/06/weekend-writing-prompt-234-empire/


https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2021/11/07/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-185/
Prompt: Armour

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Friday, October 1, 2021

Helloween 2021: The Coming Inferno (Choka)

 


Background by Frederic Solli Wandem on Unsplash
Text art and effects by Ornery Owl (Cara Hartley)

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Evidently, I'm not ready to wrap up the Haiga party yet. Today I have a splendidly gloomy Choka for you inspired by the Six Sentence Story prompt and by the resulting post from Six Sentence Stories' Ghostess with the Mostest. After all, who could fail to be inspired by a post including a video from the mighty Maiden, especially when the song is entitled "Hell on Earth" and I frequently wax poetic about climate change?

The October Spooky Writing Challenge is a go, but I'm using that in a few of its incarnations for slapping out stories. I am using other writing prompts and the images that I find through either pixlr.com or Pixabay for my own October poetry month, or, as I like to call it, Helloween. 

This is by no means an official challenge, but if anyone has poetry or stories that they'd like to share this month, you are welcome to do so in the comments.

I'm not sure what's happening with Morgan, who usually hosts OctPoWriMo. I'm concerned about her.

~Ornery Owl has Spookily Spoken~


Image by GraphicMama-team from Pixabay


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Saturday, September 25, 2021

30 Days of Haiga 2021: No Planet B

 


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