Day-24 NaPoWriMo-2019/A to Z Challenge-2019
Prompt: Today's prompt is to write a poem that, like "Dictionary Illustrations", is inspired by a reference book.
I open an old copy of National Geographic which focused on global warming. The question"How can we(em)power the Planet" left a number of words swimming in front of my eyes. And the below image literally killed me. But, we cannot escape from reality. The old dictionaries do not have these images nor vocabulary.
Prompt: Today's prompt is to write a poem that, like "Dictionary Illustrations", is inspired by a reference book.
I open an old copy of National Geographic which focused on global warming. The question"How can we(em)power the Planet" left a number of words swimming in front of my eyes. And the below image literally killed me. But, we cannot escape from reality. The old dictionaries do not have these images nor vocabulary.
Who will thrive?
As the world warms
Which animals will suffer?
Which one will prosper?
Woodland caribou, a Greater Yellowlegs
or a Bengal Tiger?
A fragile paradise
How can they not feel afraid
When the world keeps telling them
That low –lying island countries
Like theirs, will soon be under water?
How to live with it
Against the tide
How can we power the planet
Why I’m Bullish about Earth’s Future
Travel the world, expeditions
Wealth of resources
Offshore gold mines, Solar oasis
King coal, Big Politics, Big Oil
Windy Plains
Amazonia, The human impact
Crop Changes
Frozen halibut, sled dogs
Aquaculture Ponds
American dog ticks
Planet probes
Here the challenge
Explorer, warming waters
A polar bear’s skin dries on a rack
Sustainable future.
Participating in: NaPoWriMo-2019/A to Z Challenge 2019
Excellently targets the crisis situation ignored by humans through false positivism. Hope a great percent of the viewers acknowledge the fact penned here. Loved this reality check.
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