Eco Poems

OUR FUTURE QUESTIONED

One night …

I thought I’d glimpsed the future,

In a nightmarish scene,

Where lives were sad and pointless

And life was simply mean,

Where people feared the future

And craved the world’s past,

Where people wanted answers

And then these questions asked:

“Where are all the insects?

Where are all the birds?

Where are all the fish and

Where are all the herds?”

Sadly, there were no answers,

Sadly, there were no words …

GREEN CAR

A rover you were, all your working life,

But your conscience caught up with you,

You chose honourable re-tyre-ment and

You're now green through and through.

Once you greedily thirsted for petrol,

But finally kicked the habit,

And you now partake of fresh country air,

Just as rural as any wild rabbit.

In the past your throaty engine's roar

Out-decibeled the traffic's bustle,

But you now much prefer to listen to

The dry, restless leaves which rustle.

Alas your coachwork no longer gleams,

But you still retain all of your pride,

It's just your wish to be at one with nature,

As everything else you've tried.

A frosty morning is no deterrent,

To a well-seasoned convert like you,

It's just an unavoidable prelude,

To the sparkling spring-time dew.

Your days of road rage long since gone,

When you used to speed and scramble,

You're now content to pull to one side,

And be overtaken ... by a bramble.

SAVE OUR PLANET

Ban the bomb!

Save the whale!

Please don't step on

That poor snail.

Help the ozone;

Retain your wind,

Don't use aerosols;

They should be binned.

Pesticides are bad,

Composting's good,

And only use soft

Sustainable wood.

Leave forests alone,

Stop 'slash and burn',

From our past mistakes ...

Can’t we all learn?

Save endangered species,

Give them some space,

Help them compete

In an unequal race.

Recycle your waste,

Throw nothing away,

It'll come in useful

One fine rainy day.

Single-use plastic

Is clogging the seas,

We must all change our ways

For our planet’s sake – please.