The Battle of an National Icon
by Norma Martiri
Towering gum trees stand majestic
Eucalyptus, nature’s domestic.
Adorable with real distinction
Staring down the barrel of extinction.
Habitats devoured by hungry machines
Apathetic world needs other means.
Frightened koalas cling to felled trees
Greedy developers do as they please.
Urban sprawl, a disease to nature
Progress ensures there’ll be no future.
The race is on to save furry friends
On us our treasured icon depends.
Copyright ©: 2011 Norma Martiri
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Bereavement by William Lisle Bowles
- Buddha by Vachel Lindsay
- You’re by Sylvia Plath
- Николай Языков – Девятое мая
- Postures by Martina Reisz Newberry
- When You Come by Maya Angelou
- Memoriam
- The Eye-Mote by Sylvia Plath
- Николай Заболоцкий – Обед
- Sonnet III: Look In Thy Glass, and Tell the Face Thou Viewest by William Shakespeare
- The Fire by Nin Andrews
- A HYMN TO BACCHUS by Robert Herrick
- Did you call me Love by Rohini bhatia singh
- Reverie Of Ormuz The Persian
- Love Equals Insanity by Talha Jafri
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
