The water’s getting warm out here Half of the fish in my schools are sick I’ve been swimming for twenty years and it seems to be getting sicker Humans, they say, and their oily ways! Somehow their mess finds its way to the sea Maybe they’ll change if we send them a message Maybe they […]
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Hey Humans! You’re making it worse Water’s too warm and food’s getting scarce If I don’t make it, neither will you Cool it now or the oceans are through Poems by group: Earth appreciation poems Climate action poems √ more …
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You probably don’t remember yours I often think about mine Our years before birth, eons of emptiness, not yet waiting, not yet a dream Stars lived and died while we basked without stirring in silent non-being for half of forever Here we are now, in this blink of a middle, the next half of endlessness,
What makes a palm tree reach for the sky?Sunlight, sure. And airBut why does it bother?It feels no painSomething is pushing it up from the sand Maybe it’s just electrical chargesMolecules meeting and molecules matingAll pushed on by the ghost of selectionThe ones that live are the ones that we have What about spirit?Very convenientIt
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Selection by death, that’s why it’s backwards Natural killing makes us whole The best live on to add their millions Others die to serve the fold The Watchmaker isn’t blind She just can’t see the future She makes her choice with what’s at hand We self-select for beauty -JW Marsh
Fog drifts in from the quiet Pacific Sometimes so thick it feels like a dream Now I sit on a bench beneath oak trees The sound of water is all I hear Droplets of fog have gathered on leaves After some time, a tiny bit falls A million leaves, maybe more in the stillness The
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There’s an elephant in the room and she isn’t feeling well The land around is closing in Rain and heat are acting strange Food is hard to find All around. So much dying Water isn’t where it was Scratch for food Search for comfort Days are long and hard Our human power is desire Desire
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Humans and our human wayscould bring the end of human days Here’s the answer, a simple testIf you want to live,don’t foul the nest
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Wind and light and unseen people Tiny under each air filled sail They’ll turn back home when the race is over Everyone wins when beauty prevails